Landscape, nature, and the sacred in Byzantium
"Nature is as much an idea as a physical reality. By 'placing' nature within Byzantine culture and within the discourse of Orthodox Christian thought and practice, Landscape, Nature and the Sacred in Byzantium explores attitudes towards creation that are utterly and fascinatingly diff...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Byzantine Empire
/ Sanctuary
/ Landscape
/ Understanding of nature
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| RelBib Classification: | NBA Dogmatics NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Byzantine Empire
Civilization
B Byzantine Empire Social life and customs B Byzantine Empire Civilization 527-1081 B Nature Religious aspects Orthodox Eastern Church B Sacred Space (Byzantine Empire) B Byzantine Empire History B Religion and geography |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "Nature is as much an idea as a physical reality. By 'placing' nature within Byzantine culture and within the discourse of Orthodox Christian thought and practice, Landscape, Nature and the Sacred in Byzantium explores attitudes towards creation that are utterly and fascinatingly different from the modern. Drawing on Patristic writing and on Byzantine literature and art, the book develops a fresh conceptual framework for approaching Byzantine perceptions of space and the environment. It takes readers on an imaginary flight over the Earth and its varied topographies of gardens and wilderness, mountains and caves, rivers and seas, and invites them to shift from the linear time of history to the cyclical time and spaces of the sacred - the time and spaces of eternal returns and revelations"-- "Nature is as much an idea as a physical reality. By 'placing' nature within Byzantine culture and within the discourse of Orthodox Christian thought and practice, Landscape, Nature and the Sacred in Byzantium explores attitudes towards creation that are utterly and fascinatingly different from the modern. Drawing on Patristic writing and on Byzantine literature and art, the book develops a fresh conceptual framework for approaching Byzantine perceptions of space and the environment. It takes readers on an imaginary flight over the Earth and its varied topographies of gardens and wilderness, mountains and caves, rivers and seas, and invites them to shift from the linear time of history to the cyclical time and spaces of the sacred - the time and spaces of eternal returns and revelations"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| ISBN: | 1107139090 |