Medieval Art In The Christian West

Author : Victoria Charles,Klaus H. Carl
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781781603048

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Medieval Art in the Christian West by Victoria Charles,Klaus H. Carl Pdf

September 4, 476 A. D. marked the end of the Western Roman Empire. After several centuries of prosperity, Europe sank into chaos. With Charlemagne, a new dynamic begins that of a civilising reconstruction. The Romanesque period is part of the rediscovery of this Roman Empire, lost in memories, but living on in the architectural testimonies of the cities and the countryside. In art history, Romanesque art refers to the period between the beginning of the 11th and the end of the 12th century. This era was characterised by a great diversity of regional schools, each practising their own unique style. In architecture as well as in sculpture, Romanesque art is marked by raw forms. Through its rich iconography and captivating text, this work endeavours to restore the importance of this art which is often overshadowed by the later Gothic style. Gothic art is defined by the powerful architecture of the cathedrals of northern France. It is a medieval art movement that evolved throughout Europe over 200 years. Abandoning curved Roman forms, the architects started using flying buttresses and pointed arches to open cathedrals to daylight. A period of great economic and social change, the Gothic era incorporated new iconography celebrating the Holy Mary — a drastic contrast to the dismal themes of Roman times. Full of rich changes in all of the various art forms (architecture, sculpture, painting, etc.), Gothic art paved the way for the Italian Renaissance and the International Gothic movement.

Author : Georges Duby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Architecture, Medieval
ISBN : UOM:49015002675735

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Medieval Art by Georges Duby Pdf

Author : Georges Duby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Architecture, Medieval
ISBN : OCLC:863529019

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Medieval art by Georges Duby Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004329645

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A Companion to Job in the Middle Ages by Anonim Pdf

A Companion to Job in the Middle Ages provides a thorough introduction to the wide range of interpretations of Job produced in the medieval Christian West, from those in exegetical and theological works to those in poetry and art.

Author : VirginiaChieffo Raguin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351575447

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"Art, Piety and Destruction in the Christian West, 1500?700 " by VirginiaChieffo Raguin Pdf

Spanning two centuries and two continents, Art, Piety and Destruction in the Christian West, 1500-1700 addresses the impact of religious tensions on art, design, and architecture in the early modern world. Beyond famous works of art such as Kraft's Eucharistic Tabernacle, the volume examines less-studied objects, including church plate and vestments, stained glass, graffiti, and Mexican images of St. Anne, created throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The collection's contributors present religious artworks from Germany, England, Italy, France, Spain, and Mexico; the media include sculpture, oil painting, fresco, metalwork, dress, and architecture. Questions of art's destruction, preservation, and censorship are discussed against the ever-present backdrop of religious conflict and varying degrees of tolerance. New information and original perspectives demonstrate the ways in which art illuminates history, and the close links between the changing values of a society and the images it displays to represent itself.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004473577

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Early Medieval Rome and the Christian West by Anonim Pdf

This illustrated book is a coherently conceived collection of interdisciplinary essays by distinguished authors on the city of Rome and its contacts with western Christendom in the early Middle Ages (c. 500-1000 AD). The first part integrates historical, archaeological, numismatic and art historical approaches to studying the transition of the city of Rome from Antiquity to the Middle Ages and offers groundbreaking new analyses of selected sites and problems. Attention is given to the economic, social, religious and cultural history of the city. In the second part of the volume historical, archaeological, liturgical and palaeographical approaches address Rome's contacts and influence in Latin Christendom in this period, with particular regard to Rome's place within Italian politics and its cultural influence in Carolingian Francia and Anglo-Saxon England.

Author : Ernst Kitzinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Art, Byzantine
ISBN : UOM:39015066039606

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The Art of Byzantium and the Medieval West by Ernst Kitzinger Pdf

Author : Lawrence Nees
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 0192842439

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Early Medieval Art by Lawrence Nees Pdf

Earliest Christian art - Saints and holy places - Holy images - Artistic production for the wealthy - Icons & iconography.

Author : Virginia Chieffo Raguin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215519146

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Art, Piety and Destruction in the Christian West, 1500-1700 by Virginia Chieffo Raguin Pdf

Addresses the impact of religious tensions on art, design, and architecture in the early modern world. This title examines famous works of art such as Kraft's "Eucharistic Tabernacle", the less-studied objects, including church plate and vestments, stained glass, graffiti, and Mexican images of St Anne.

Author : Henri Focillon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Art, Gothic
ISBN : UVA:X001702487

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The Art of the West in the Middle Ages: Romanesque art by Henri Focillon Pdf

The present work is more than a history of Western medieval art: it is an aesthetic exploration into the development of medieval style, particularly as it is expressed itself in architecture and architectural decoration. The illustrations which accompany the text are designed to provide a visual complement to the author's instructive analyses and stimulating ideas. -- From publisher's description.

Author : Kurt Weitzmann
Publisher : Variorum Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015015810016

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Art in the Medieval West and Its Contacts with Byzantium by Kurt Weitzmann Pdf

Author : Leslie D. Ross
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1996-11-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780313033162

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Medieval Art by Leslie D. Ross Pdf

Designed as a quick-reference source to the topics, symbols, themes, and stories most frequently found in early Christian, western medieval, and Byzantine art, this work describes topics that include names and narratives drawn from the Bible and apocrypha, the lives of saints, and numerous other textual sources. Authors whose works were frequently illustrated or who were influential on the visual arts are treated, as are selected art historical terms and events of significance for the arts. Cross-references alert readers to alternate titles and related topics, and the majority of entries cite a pictorial example. These are keyed to standard texts for easy viewing access. The dictionary begins with Aaron and ends with Zoomorphic Decoration. This dictionary focuses on the medieval period and the distinctive ways in which the subjects and symbols referenced in the work evolved and developed during the Middle Ages, resulting in a unique overview of the evolution, development, popularity, and transformations that took place in medieval artistic iconography. The introduction provides chronological, thematic, and bibliographic surveys to supplement the 500 individual entries; the bibliography directs the readers to more detailed studies. The work also includes names and topics not always found in art reference sources, for example, authors whose works were frequently illustrated, or who were influential on the visual arts, and historical events of significance for the arts.

Author : Amanda Luyster
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351556569

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Negotiating Secular and Sacred in Medieval Art by Amanda Luyster Pdf

Offering original analysis of the convergence between 'sacred' and 'secular' in medieval works of art and architecture, this collection explores both the usefulness and limitations of these terms for describing medieval attitudes. The modern concepts of 'sacred' and 'secular' are shown to be effective as scholarly tools, but also to risk imposing false dichotomies. The authors consider medieval material culture from a broad perspective, addressing works of art and architecture from England to Japan, and from the seventh to the fifteenth century. Although the essays take a variety of methodological approaches they are unified in their emphasis on the continuing and necessary dialectic between sacred and secular. The contributors consciously frame their interpretations in terms and perspectives derived from the Middle Ages, thereby demonstrating how the present art-historical terminology and conceptual frameworks can obscure the complexity of medieval life and material culture. The resonance among essays opens possibilities for productive cross-cultural study of an issue that is relevant to a diversity of cultures and sub-periods. Introducing an innovative approach to the literature of the field, this volume complicates and enriches our understanding of social realities across a broad spectrum of medieval worlds.

Author : James Snyder
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015017728638

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Medieval Art by James Snyder Pdf

Text and the accompanying illustrations offer an overview of Medieval art and life.

Author : Juliet Mullins,Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh,Richard Hawtree
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art, Early Christian
ISBN : 1846823870

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Envisioning Christ on the Cross by Juliet Mullins,Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh,Richard Hawtree Pdf

The crucifixion is at the very center of Christian art and thought. This book brings together leading medieval scholars from a wide range of disciplines in an assessment of its depiction in Ireland and more generally across the early medieval West. With such a narrow focus, the collection's range is broad, with discussions of objects and texts from 4th-century Rome to 12th-century Catalonia, and serves to place Irish artistic, literary, and theological representations of the crucifixion within a wider European context. *** "There has been much recent scholarship on the subject and the editors of the volume under review have done a fine job in assembling contributions that range across Europe from fifth-century Rome to twelfth-century Parma. As the volume's title indicates, its primary purpose is to situate the contribution of early-medieval Ireland in establishing the iconic status of the cross and in exploring its spiritual, exegetical, liturgical, and aesthetic potential. Two aspects of this sweeping task underpin the volume: 'God Hanging from a Cross' and 'Contemplate the Wounds of the Crucified.'" -- Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 102, No. 1, Winter 2016 [Subject: History, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies, Irish Studies, Christianity, Art History]