Sökning: "Byzantine"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 37 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Byzantine.

  1. 1. Byzantine holy images and the issue of transcendence and immanence : The theological background of the Late Byzantine Palaiologan iconography and aesthetics of the Chora church, Istanbul

    Författare :Anne Karahan; Margareta Rossholm Lagerlöf; Madeleine von Heland; Øystein Hjort; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aesthetics; Balance; Basil the Great; Byzantine; Cappadocian Fathers; Chora church; Chora museum; Church Father; Fresco; Gregory of Nazianzos; Gregory Nazianzen; Gregory of Nyssa; Holy Image; Icon; Iconography; Immanence; Istanbul; John of Damascus; John Damascene; Kariye Camii; Kariye Müzesi; Kinetics; Late Byzantine; Medieval Art; Mosaic; Mural painting; Palaiologan; Palaeologan; Patristics; Transcendence; Art; Konstvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : On the basis of theological ideas in the Christian Orthodox tradition in general, and the Cappadocian Fathers in specific, this dissertation examines how the ontology of the transcendent triune God and the human and divine in Christ is implied or manifest in the Late Byzantine Palaiologan mosaics and murals of the Chora church.The study is divided into four chapters. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Her Story in Partonopeu de Blois : Rereading Byzantine Relations

    Författare :Ellen Söderblom Saarela; Carin Franzén; ingela Nilsson; Anna Watz; Megan Moore; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Partonopeu de Blois; Hysmine and Hysminias; Alexiad; courtly lyric; romance; vernacular; Byzantine novel; Komnenian literature; ancient novel; Apuleius; Longus; Achilles Tatius; feminine subjectivity; literary subjectivity; subjectivity; twelfth century; Partonopeu de Blois; Hysmine and Hysminias; Alexiad; hövisk litteratur; medeltidsromanen; den antika romanen; elvahundratalet; fornfranska; Bysans; grekisk tradition; Apulejus; Achilles Tatius; Longus; Anna Komnena; kvinnlig subjektivitet; litterär subjektivitet; subjektivitet;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the twelfth-century Old French anonymous romance Partonopeu de Blois in relation to the Greek novel tradition and the Byzantine world. The study focuses on the erotic narrative in the romance and articulations of feminine subjectivity. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Spatial paths to holiness : Literary ‘Lived Spaces’ in Eleventh-Century Byzantine Saints’ Lives

    Författare :Myrto Veikou; Ingela Nilsson; Stephanos Efthyniadis; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Byzantine studies; spatial studies; Grekiska; Greek;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores literary spatialities, that is the notion of space and its agency in comprehending the deeper plot and meaning of two eleventh-century Byzantine hagiographical texts: the Life of St Lazaros from Mount Galesion, written by Gregory the Cellarer (Γρηγορίου του κελλαρίτη Βίος Λαζάρου τοῦ ἐν τῷ  Γαλησίῳ), and the Life of St Symeon the New Theologian, written by Niketas Stethatos (Νικήτα Στηθάτου Βίος Ἁγίου Συμεὼν τοῦ Νέου Θεολόγου). The study proposes a narratological inquiry of the broader meaning of ‘spatialities’ in Byzantine texts, which focuses on the employment of a ‘spatial’ language or ‘spatial’ narrative techniques and strategies. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Erotic Pathos, Rhetorical Pleasure. Narrative Technique and Mimesis in Eumathios Makrembolites´ Hysmine and Hysminias

    Författare :Ingela NIlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Eumathios Makrembolites; Hysmine Hysminias; Achilles Tatius; Leukippe Kleitophon; ancient novel; Eros; ekphrasis; Byzantine novel; mimesis; imitation; literary subversion; Byzantine literature; Komnenian literature; intertextuality; transtextuality; spatiality; Byzantinology;

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  7. 5. Virginity Recast : Romanos and the Mother of God

    Författare :Thomas Arentzen; Samuel Rubenson; Ingela Nilsson; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Saint 6th cent; Romanus Melodus; Hymns; Greek Byzantine ; Virgin Mary – History of doctrines – 030–600; Virgin Mary – Annunciation; Virgin Mary – veneration; Bible – use in hymns; Akathists; Hymns – Theology; Theotokos; Nativity; Byzantine rite – Liturgy; Kontakion; Mariology; Orthodox Eastern Church – Liturgy; Orthodox Eastern Church – Hymns; Body; Human – religious aspects – Christianity; Late Antiquity; asceticism; breast feeding; gender and sexuality issues; Justinian Era.; Romanos the Melodist; Virgin Mary; kontakion; Constantinople; hymns; Mariology; virginity;

    Sammanfattning : The Virgin Mary has always stood out in the Christian scenery, yet in ever-changing guises. This study explores the characterization of the Virgin in the poetic works of Romanos the Melodist (ca. 490–560), the great composer of the so-called kontakion. Written for liturgical use, these dramatic songs soon became well-known and immensely popular. LÄS MER