Five essays on icons
By: [Vera Geelmuyden Bulgurlu ... [et al.]]
Contributors: Svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul
Series: Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul papers -- 1; Papers (Svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul) -- 1
Publisher: Svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Stockholm
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9789186884154
Subjects: Icons; Christian art and symbolism; Appreciation; Poetry
Notes: Statement of responsibility from cover.

"Series of articles based on lectures held in the spring of 2001 at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The icon : image of the divine. On the theology icons / Ulf Abel; title: The meaning of icons in the eastern orthodox religion / Vera Geelmuyden Bulgurlu; title: The location of icons in the Byzantine church / Ewa Balicka-Witakowska; title: The image of Constantinople in Russian iconography / Nelly Lindgren; title: "I put my trust in nothingness" : on orthodox icons, the poetry of Gunnar Ekelöffe [sic], and his visit to Istanbul in 1965 / Helena Bodin.