Ángeles y demonios, sus iconografías en el arte medieval

This contribution intends to approach the iconographic evolution of the image of angels and devils through the medieval Christian art. Given the generic extension of the topic —that has been even broadened to the representation of the habitat of angels and devils as well as to certain iconographies...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Barral Rivadulla, María Dolores
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)
Repositorio:RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
OAI Identifier:oai:riull.ull.es:915/18831
Acceso en línea:http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/18831
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Representación iconográfica
Ángeles
Demonios
Arte cristiano medieval
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Sumario:This contribution intends to approach the iconographic evolution of the image of angels and devils through the medieval Christian art. Given the generic extension of the topic —that has been even broadened to the representation of the habitat of angels and devils as well as to certain iconographies of synthesis (like that of the Last Judgement)— we have opted to do a general approach where the greater number of motifs related to the topic are dealt with or, at least, mentioned. Even so, it is necessary to point out that in the section from the specific artistic references used we have opted to restrict most of the examples to Western medieval art, leaving references to the Byzantine world to underlie those iconographies that show significant disparities