Tradition and Transformation in Christian Art

This book approaches tradition and transculturality in religious art from an Orthodox perspective that defines tradition as a dynamic field of exchanges and synergies between iconographic types and their variants. Relying on a new ontology of iconographic types, it explores one of the most significant ascetical and eschatological Christian image

C.A. Tsakiridou is Professor in the Philosophy Department, La Salle University. She specializes in the aesthetics of the visual arts, metaphysics, and Orthodox theology.

List of Figures Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Tradition and Iconographic Types Chapter 3: Iconicity and Eschatology Chapter 4: Ascetics in Prison Chapter 5: Sinaitic and Franciscan Theophanies Chapter 6: Byzantine Encounters with the Dead Christ Chapter 7: The Penitential Imagination Chapter 8: The King of Glory in Italy Chapter 9: Missionary Masses Chapter 10: The Mystical Colony Chapter 11: New Mexican Acheiropoietai Chapter 12: The Greek Icon Epilogue Bibliography