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Monastic Iconography

Monastic Iconography is a subset of Byzantine religious art consisting of symbolic visual representations systematically developed and employed within monastic communities to facilitate contemplative prayer, convey theological doctrines, and embody the ascetic spiritual ethos distinct from liturgical or imperial iconographic traditions.

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2017–2026

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Publications

19

Cave Monasteries of Byzantine Cappadocia

Timothy E. Gregory, Lyn Rodley · The American Historical Review · 1989 · 226 citations

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Nuns as artists: the visual culture of a medieval convent

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 177 citations

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:<i>The Visual and the Visionary: Art and Female Spirituality in Late Medieval Germany</i>

Andrea Pearson · Sixteenth Century Journal · 1999 · 144 citations

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Withdrawing from the Desert: Pachomius and the Development of Village Monasticism in Upper Egypt

James E. Goehring · Harvard Theological Review · 1996 · 67 citations

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Monastic visions: wall paintings in the Monastery of St. Antony at the Red Sea

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 50 citations

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Authors

22

  1. LF
    Louis F. Kannenstine

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  2. KW
    Kurt Weitzmann

    Princeton University, United States

    1 publications · 49 citations

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  3. MC
    Maurice Collis

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  4. AP
    Andrea Pearson

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    1 publications · 144 citations

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  5. EM
    Elpida Minopoulou

    Ormylia Foundation, Greece

    1 publications · 33 citations

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Institutions

6

  1. Goethe-Institute United Kingdom

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  2. Goethe University Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  3. Ormylia Foundation

    Ormylia, Greece

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    99 citations

  4. University of Mary Washington

    Fredericksburg, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    67 citations

  5. Washington College

    Chestertown, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    67 citations

  6. University of St. Thomas - Minnesota

    Saint Paul, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 267 citations

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  2. The Art Bulletin

    2 publications · 71 citations

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  3. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 1 publications · 226 citations

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  4. Sixteenth Century Journal

    ESCJ · 1 publications · 144 citations

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  5. Studies in the age of Chaucer

    1 publications · 21 citations

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