Ágnes Kriza

Gebundenes Buch

Depicting Orthodoxy in the Russian Middle Ages

The Novgorod Icon of Sophia, the Divine Wisdom

Beschreibung

This volume offers an interpretation of the image of Divine Wisdom, traditionally associated with the Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod. Kriza argues that the figure stands for the Orthodox Church, in response to events in the fifteenth century.

Autor

Ágnes Kriza's research interests include medieval Russian, Byzantine, and post-Byzantine art, literature, and theology, with a focus on the interface between text and image. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, and is the author of a monograph on the reception of Byzantine iconophile literature in Rus. She is a former Alexander von Humboldt post-doctoral fellow at the University of Cologne, exploring the significance of anti-Latin visual polemics in medieval Russian art.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780198854302
• ISBN-10: 0198854307
• Artikelnr.: 66113879