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1. Einleitung 1.1. Allgemein R. I. ist im heutigen Verständnis die Lehre von den relig. Bildinhalten und, in Absetzung von der profanen Ikonographie, ein Sammelbegriff für eine inhaltsbezogene Auseinandersetzung mit Kunstwerken religiöser Thematik. Zugleich ist die R. I. die Methode zur Annäherung an relig. Bildinhalte, die sich im nzl. Europa v. a. im christl. Bereich finden (›christl. I.‹; vgl. aber auch Islamische Kunst und Architektur).In der Nz. erlebte die Kunst mit christl. Thematik tiefgreifende strukturelle Änderungen. Für den Bereich der Griechi…

1. Introduction 1.1. Concept and historical backgroundReligious iconography in the current sense is the study of the meanings of religious images and, as distinct from profane iconography, refers generally to engagement with the content of works of art on religious themes. It also denotes the method for studying the content of the religious images found in (mostly Christian) early modern Europe (“Christian iconography”; but see also Islamic art and architecture).Christian-themed art underwent profound structural changes in the early modern period. For the Greek …

[German Version] (498 – Feb 22, 553). The deacon and native of Pola was consecrated as a bishop in 546 at the instigation of Justinian I and elevated to the rank of metropolitan of Ravenna. He supported the Eastern Roman church politics in Upper Italy and the position of the emperor in the Three Chapters controversy. His exegetical and liturgical writings mentioned in the Liber pontificalis of Ravenna are not preserved. Testimonies of his conception of office and of his closeness to the emperor, on the other hand, have been handed down as m…