Elena Ene D-Vasilescu
Biographic Data
| ID | 6908722 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elena Ene D-Vasilescu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elena Ene |
| FAMILY NAME | D-Vasilescu |
| SIGNATURE | D-VASILESCU E E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9946-8580 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Byzantine Icons Wrought in Metal
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Byzantine Art
This article discusses the manner in which Pseudo-Dionysius articulates his views about the mystical experience, i.e., the act that leads the faithful to attain glimpses of the divine reality. He sees it as being comparable in particular with the activity of sculpting, which reveals a statue out of the initial material by removing in phases what is superfluous. The text also points out instances of works pertaining to Byzantine art that some rese…
A Gaze from the Fourth Century. Part two
In the article published in Byzantinoslavica, vol. 65, 2007 about the so-called ‘Temple icon’ in London, I argue that this piece on cloth in wax encaustic technique (now in a private collection) dates from the fourth century. In doing so I opposed the estimation of it belonging to the sixth-seventh centuries made, among others, by Robin Cormack. Within that piece I brought evidence in connection to Mary. In the current paper I provide information…
St. Anne and her Infant Daugher in Medieval Texts and Images
People are used to thinking of breastfeeding as a rather private biological act. Still, both the New and Old Testaments refer to its spiritual value. Milk nursing and nourishing in general belong not only to the mundane, but also to the divine realm. When St. Anna had the mystical experience through which she knew that she would conceive, she might well have felt instinctively at least some of the above. My paper is concerned with how St. Anna is…
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St. Anne and her Infant Daugher in Medieval Texts and Images
People are used to thinking of breastfeeding as a rather private biological act. Still, both the New and Old Testaments refer to its spiritual value. Milk nursing and nourishing in general belong not only to the mundane, but also to the divine realm. When St. Anna had the mystical experience through which she knew that she would conceive, she might well have felt instinctively at least some of the above. My paper is concerned with how St. Anna is…
A Gaze from the Fourth Century. Part two
In the article published in Byzantinoslavica, vol. 65, 2007 about the so-called ‘Temple icon’ in London, I argue that this piece on cloth in wax encaustic technique (now in a private collection) dates from the fourth century. In doing so I opposed the estimation of it belonging to the sixth-seventh centuries made, among others, by Robin Cormack. Within that piece I brought evidence in connection to Mary. In the current paper I provide information…
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Byzantine Art
This article discusses the manner in which Pseudo-Dionysius articulates his views about the mystical experience, i.e., the act that leads the faithful to attain glimpses of the divine reality. He sees it as being comparable in particular with the activity of sculpting, which reveals a statue out of the initial material by removing in phases what is superfluous. The text also points out instances of works pertaining to Byzantine art that some rese…
Byzantine Icons Wrought in Metal
Art (4 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Byzantine architecture (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works)