ABSTRACT
Fully illustrated in colour and black and white, Images of the Mother of God complements the successful exhibition catalogue of the 'Mother of God' exhibition at the Benaki Museum in Athens. It brings together the work of leading international authorities and younger scholars to provide a wide-ranging survey of how the Theotokos was perceived in the Byzantine world. It embraces the disciplines of art historians, archaeologists, traditional and feminist historians, as well as theologians, philologists and social anthropologists. Images of the Mother of God will appeal not just to those interested in Byzantine art and culture, but also to scholars of Western Europe in the Middle Ages who are looking for comparative materials in their own work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|2 pages
Early cult and representations
part II|2 pages
The theology of the Theotokos
part III|2 pages
Female authority and devotion
part IV|2 pages
Public and private cult
part V|2 pages
Between East and West