Reading medieval images : the art historian and the object / edited by Elizabeth Sears and Thelma K. Thomas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sears, Elizabeth, 1952-

Thomas, Thelma K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Medieval.

Symbolism in art.

Physical Description:

xvii, 256 pages, 7 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2002]

Summary:

This unusual anthology focuses attention on art-historical practice. Each of the eighteen distinguished contributors -- medievalists specializing in western European, Byzantine, and Islamic art -- offers an interpretation of a single object, and in the process demonstrates how art historians go about describing, analyzing, and contextualizing works of art. The essays treat a broad range of artifacts in many media and together present a conspectus of current approaches to visual analysis, speaking to such crucial topics as medieval sign theory, visual rhetoric, replication, mimesis, and cultural interconnections within the medieval world. The volume will serve a wide audience, from specialists in the field to scholars in cognate disciplines to students interested in the craft of art history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-252).

ISBN:

0472097512

0472067516

OCLC:

49926591