Codices Illustres. The World's Most Famous Illuminated Manuscripts 400 to 1600
Author : Ingo F. Walther
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,92 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783836572859
Author : Ingo F. Walther
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,92 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783836572859
Author : Ingo F. Walther
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 32,65 MB
Release : 2007-09-19
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ISBN : 9783822847503
Author : Ingo F. Walther
Publisher : Taschen America Llc
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 36,77 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783822858523
The world's most famous illuminated manuscripts 400 to 1600.
Author : Laura Cleaver
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 39,39 MB
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9004422331
The twenty-eight essays in this collection showcase cutting-edge research in manuscript studies, encompassing material from late antiquity to the Renaissance. The volume celebrates the exceptional contribution of John Lowden to the study of medieval books.
Author : Nancy Spies
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 39,88 MB
Release : 2024-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9004691510
The story of the mitre began during the 11th-century church reform movements and was, surprisingly, inspired by a popular pastime. After a thousand years of bare heads, the Church finally had an official hat, signaling newly-structured internal dynamics, an increase in power and influence in society, and greater parity with secular leaders.
Author : Norbert Schneider
Publisher : Taschen
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 35,12 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783822819951
Author : Leslie D. Ross
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 18,21 MB
Release : 2009-06-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 0313342873
Two abundantly illustrated volumes offer a vibrant discussion of how the divine is and has been represented in art and architecture the world over. Beginning with the ancient worlds of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome and moving forward through time, Art and Architecture of the World's Religions explores the major faiths from countries and continents around the globe, helping readers better understand the creations their beliefs have inspired. After tracing the history and development of a religion, the book provides a general overview of its principal beliefs and key practices. It then offers specific examples of how works of art/architecture reflect that religion's values. The focus of each chapter is on the temples, churches, and religious buildings, statues, paintings, and other works of art and architecture created by believers. Each representative work of art or architecture is examined in terms of its history, materials, symbols, colors, and patterns, as its significance is explained to the reader. With extensive illustrations, these volumes are the definitive reference work on art and architecture of the world's religions.
Author : Jonathan James Graham Alexander
Publisher : London : Thames & Hudson
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 38,1 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Art
ISBN :
"This book is an anthology of decorated letters to be found in European manuscripts from the fourth to the fifteenth century" -- Introduction.
Author : Barbara Newman
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 16,15 MB
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0268161402
The sacred and the secular in medieval literature have too often been perceived as opposites, or else relegated to separate but unequal spheres. In Medieval Crossover: Reading the Secular against the Sacred, Barbara Newman offers a new approach to the many ways that sacred and secular interact in medieval literature, arguing that (in contrast to our own cultural situation) the sacred was the normative, unmarked default category against which the secular always had to define itself and establish its niche. Newman refers to this dialectical relationship as "crossover"—which is not a genre in itself, but a mode of interaction, an openness to the meeting or even merger of sacred and secular in a wide variety of forms. Newman sketches a few of the principles that shape their interaction: the hermeneutics of "both/and," the principle of double judgment, the confluence of pagan material and Christian meaning in Arthurian romance, the rule of convergent idealism in hagiographic romance, and the double-edged sword in parody. Medieval Crossover explores a wealth of case studies in French, English, and Latin texts that concentrate on instances of paradox, collision, and convergence. Newman convincingly and with great clarity demonstrates the widespread applicability of the crossover concept as an analytical tool, examining some very disparate works. These include French and English romances about Lancelot and the Grail; the mystical writing of Marguerite Porete (placed in the context of lay spirituality, lyric traditions, and the Romance of the Rose); multiple examples of parody (sexually obscene, shockingly anti-Semitic, or cleverly litigious); and René of Anjou's two allegorical dream visions. Some of these texts are scarcely known to medievalists; others are rarely studied together. Newman's originality in her choice of these primary works will inspire new questions and set in motion new fields of exploration for medievalists working in a large variety of disciplines, including literature, religious studies, history, and cultural studies.
Author : Alastair Fowler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 27,18 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Art
ISBN : 0198717660
Alastair Fowler presents a fascinating study of title pages printed in England from the early modern era to the nineteenth century, exploring their place in the history of the book for the first time. He illuminates key features of title page design and presents 16 illustrations of significant title-pages with commentaries, from Chaucer to Dickens.