An Image of Power in Transition: St. George Slaying Diocletian and the War of Images

This essay discusses the mounted image of St. George slaying an emperor within the broader context of how and why early Christian images were transformed and adapted to the early Byzantine religious style. The representational framework of Arthur Danto’s philosophical system is used to tie together...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephen Snyder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Warsaw 2019-12-01
Series:Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture
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Online Access:http://eidos.uw.edu.pl/an-image-of-power-in-transition-st-george-slaying-diocletian-and-the-war-of-images/