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BL
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960387
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b714757
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| Main Entry
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Kessler, Herbert L.,1941-
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| Title & Author
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Spiritual seeing : : picturing God's invisibility in medieval art /\ Herbert L. Kessler.
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: University of Pennsylvania Press,, ©2000.
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| Series Statement
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The Middle Ages series
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| Page. NO
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xiii, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations (some color) ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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0812235606
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: 9780812235609
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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"In Spiritual Seeing, Kessler explores ways in which the medieval debate about the functions and limits of images influenced the production of sacred art. Offering a new interpretation of Christian images as mediators between the human and the sacred, Kessler considers how the creators of images in Byzantium and the Latin West were able to situate art at the boundary between the physical and the spiritual worlds. He examines the ways in which images acquired such legitimacy that sacred art became a privileged metaphor for divine revelation. Portraits of Christ, in particular, took on central importance. Throughout the book, Kessler also considers the lingering anxiety about the capacity of human sight to apprehend the divine in images.
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In so doing, he discloses the artful dodges devised to deal with the controversy of picturing God's invisibility in material form."--Jacket.
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| Subject
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Christian art and symbolism-- Medieval, 500-1500.
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Image (Theology)-- History of doctrines-- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Art chrétien-- 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
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Image (Théologie)-- Histoire des doctrines-- 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
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Art chrétien-- Moyen âge.
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Bilderstreit
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Bildnis
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Christian art and symbolism-- Medieval.
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Christliche Kunst
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Christusdarstellung
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Gott
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Gottesdarstellung
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Iconografia sacra-- Sec. 5.-15.
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Image (théologie)-- Histoire des doctrines-- Moyen âge.
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Kunst
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Simboli-- Cristianesimo-- Sec. 5.-15.
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Symbolisme chrétien-- Moyen âge.
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Beeldcultuur.
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Christelijke kunst.
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| Dewey Classification
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246/.1
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| LC Classification
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BR115.A8K47 2000
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| NLM classification
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20.65bcl
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20.70bcl
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BO 9680rvk
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LH 82240rvk
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LH 82250rvk
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