Author: Vilhelm SlomannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals, Mythical, in art
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Bicorporates: Text
Author: Vilhelm SlomannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals, Mythical, in art
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Bicorporates: Text
Author: Vilhelm SlomannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals, Mythical, in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bicorporates
Author: Vilhelm SlomannBicorporates: Plates
Author: Vilhelm SlomannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals, Mythical, in art
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The Marvellous and the Monstrous in the Sculpture of Twelfth-century Europe
Author: Kirk AmbrosePublisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843838311
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Richly-illustrated consideration of the meaning of the carvings of non-human beings, from centaurs to eagles, found in ecclesiastical settings. Representations of monsters and the monstrous are common in medieval art and architecture, from the grotesques in the borders of illuminated manuscripts to the symbol of the "green man", widespread in churches and cathedrals. These mysterious depictions are frequently interpreted as embodying or mitigating the fears symptomatic of a "dark age". This book, however, considers an alternative scenario: in what ways did monsters in twelfth-century sculpture help audiences envision, perhaps even achieve, various ambitions? Using examples of Romanesque sculpture from across Europe, with a focus on France and northern Portugal, the author suggests that medieval representations of monsterscould service ideals, whether intellectual, political, religious, and social, even as they could simultaneously articulate fears; he argues that their material presence energizes works of art in paradoxical, even contradictory ways. In this way, Romanesque monsters resist containment within modern interpretive categories and offer testimony to the density and nuance of the medieval imagination. KIRK AMBROSE is Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Art and Art History, University of Colorado Boulder.
Divining the Etruscan World
Author: Jean MacIntosh TurfaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139536400
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar is a rare document of omens foretold by thunder. It long lay hidden, embedded in a Greek translation within a Byzantine treatise from the age of Justinian. The first complete English translation of the Brontoscopic Calendar, this book provides an understanding of Etruscan Iron Age society as revealed through the ancient text, especially the Etruscans' concerns regarding the environment, food, health and disease. Jean MacIntosh Turfa also analyzes the ancient Near Eastern sources of the Calendar and the subjects of its predictions, thereby creating a picture of the complexity of Etruscan society reaching back before the advent of writing and the recording of the calendar.
Art Research Methods and Resources
Author: Lois Swan JonesWhat Painting is
Author: James ElkinsPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415921138
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Here, Elkins argues that alchemists and painters have similar relationships to the substances they work with. Both try to transform the substance, while seeking to transform their own experience.
The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture
Author: Colum HourihanePublisher:
ISBN: 0195395360
Category : Architecture, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 4064
Book Description
This volume offers unparalleled coverage of all aspects of art and architecture from medieval Western Europe, from the 6th century to the early 16th century. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in the celebrated 'Grove Dictionary of Art' and adding hundreds of new entries, it offers students, researchers and the general public a reliable, up-to-date, and convenient resource covering this field of major importance in the development of Western history and international art and architecture.
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description