Francoise Syson Carter
Biographic Data
| ID | 9313438 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francoise Syson Carter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francoise Syson |
| FAMILY NAME | Carter |
| SIGNATURE | CARTER F S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Celestial Dance
In Renaissance art and literature there are many allusions to the dance of stars and gods, as well as of angels, but the link between the pagan and Christian ideas of the celestial dance has not been explored before. In this paper I shall show how the classical idea of dancing gods was gradually Christianised by Neoplatonists and the Church Fathers and explicitly formulated by Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite as a hierarchy of angels dancing in Pa…
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Celestial Dance
In Renaissance art and literature there are many allusions to the dance of stars and gods, as well as of angels, but the link between the pagan and Christian ideas of the celestial dance has not been explored before. In this paper I shall show how the classical idea of dancing gods was gradually Christianised by Neoplatonists and the Church Fathers and explicitly formulated by Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite as a hierarchy of angels dancing in Pa…
Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Dance (1 work) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (1 work) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (1 work) · Musicology and Musical Analysis (1 work) · Perfection (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Theology (1 work) · Visual arts (1 work)