by Alain Besancon (Author)
Traces the dual strains of 'iconophilia' and iconoclasm, the privileging and prohibition of religious images, over a span of two-and-a-half millennia in the West. This book addresses arguments regarding the moral authority of the image in European Christianity from the medieval through the early modern periods.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 19 May 2009
ISBN 10: 0226044149
ISBN 13: 9780226044149