Aesthetics and Theurgy in Byzantium

Berlin : De Gruyter, 2013.

Under the general editorship: S. Mariev, W. Stock

The general scope of the present volume is to present a variety of approaches and topics within the growing field of research on Byzantine aesthetics. Theurgy in Neoplatonic and Christian contexts is represented by the contributions of W.-M. Stock and L. Bergemann; theories of beauty are at the centre of interest of the papers by S. Mariev and M. Marchetto. A. Pizzone approaches Byzantine aesthetics by looking for aesthetic experience in the literary texts, while the remaining contributions explore issues related to the iconoclast controversy: An important moment in the development of Byzantine philosophy on the eve of iconoclasm is the primary interest of A. del Campo Echevarría, who looks at the question of universals in John of Damaskos. The relationship between image and text in Byzantine illustrated manuscripts occupies the attention of B. Crostini. D. Afinogenov explores from a philological perspective the fate of important iconophile terminology in Old Bulgarian, while L. Lukhovitskij reconstructs from historical and philological perspectives the historical memory of the iconoclast controversy during the Late Byzantine Period.

Chapters

Historical Memory of Byzantine Iconoclasm in the 14th c.: the Case of Nikephoros Gregoras and Philotheos Kokkinos

Lukhovitskiy L., , in: Aesthetics and Theurgy in Byzantium.: Berlin: De Gruyter, 2013. P. 205–234.

Owing to the studies of J.-B. Pitra (1852), H.-V. Beyer (1976), J. Featherstone (1983) and A. Rigo (1989) we know that the hesychast controversy (at least from 1347) was the most intense period in the afterlife of the byzantine iconoclasm. The both sides brought upon their opponents charges of unwilling or intentionally masked iconoclasm. It is also widely accepted that the main ...

Added: October 4, 2021

Keywords: эстетика, aesthetic, Byzantine Empire, Византийская империя, Christian theology, христианское богословие