ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book suggests that when nuanced examinations are undertaken and Byzantine and modern concepts juxtaposed, it must be acknowledged that Byzantine society was highly sophisticated and at the same time persistent and focused in their teleological thought. It demonstrates that perichiresis with its powerful imagery of dynamic movement of the divine persons was visually represented in a mosaic surviving in Albenga monastery's baptistery, even before such a concept was theologically clarified. The book also suggests that iconic perception was a result of coordinated stimuli and culturally absorbed formal information. It concludes that the perception of these complex iconic systems depended on a chain of interrelated and coordinated stimuli expressed through form, medium, and complex spatial arrangements, inclusive of light, color, sound, tactile and haptic qualities, or bodily movements.
