From Living to Visual Images. Paradigms of Corporeal Iconicity in Late Antiquity
Istituto di storia e teoria dell'arte e dell'architettura
In the Roman world, various traditions of iconic life were present in the period before the icon was affirmed. By examining these, the articles in this issue restore part of the context in which the concept of the icon was born. And they invite readers to add a new perspective on the phenomenon: that of a surrogate for the living iconic body.