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The Icons of Sinai: Continuity at a Time of Controversy

With Hieromonk Justin of Sinai. A number of the Sinai icons may be dated to the time of Iconoclasm and provide an important link to earlier examples of Christian iconography. Discover how the eighth and ninth centuries witnessed the enunciation of a theology of Christian art in response to the challenge of Iconoclasm, the movement to ban all religious figural images. Part of Sunday at the Met—Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition.











When: Sun., Mar. 18, 2012 at 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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212-535-7710
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With Hieromonk Justin of Sinai. A number of the Sinai icons may be dated to the time of Iconoclasm and provide an important link to earlier examples of Christian iconography. Discover how the eighth and ninth centuries witnessed the enunciation of a theology of Christian art in response to the challenge of Iconoclasm, the movement to ban all religious figural images. Part of Sunday at the Met—Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition.

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