Medieval theories of the creative act = Théories médiévales de l'acte créatif = Theorien des kreativen Akts im Mittelalter : Fribourg Colloquium 2015 / edited by/edité par/herausgegeben von Elisabeth Dutton, Martin Rohde.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Dutton, Elisabeth M., editor.

Rohde, Martin, editor.

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Conference Name:

Fribourg Colloquium (2015 : Fribourg, Switzerland)

Series:

Scrinium Friburgense ; Bd. 38.

Scrinium Friburgense ; Band 38

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Creative ability--Europe--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Creative ability.

Civilization, Medieval--Congresses.

Civilization, Medieval.

History.

Europe--Intellectual life--Congresses.

Europe.

Intellectual life.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

222 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Théories médiévales de l'acte créatif

Theorien des kreativen Akts im Mittelalter

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Reichert Verlag, 2017.

Language Note:

9 contributions in English, 1 in French, 3 in German.

Summary:

Essays in this volume explore medieval perceptions of the role of human creativity and the nature of creation. Drawing on examples from literature, art, music, and philosophy, and across the Western European tradition, the contributors consider how medieval craftsmen, writers, artists and composers understood their activity in relation to the works of past masters, and of the ultimate creator, God. The interdisciplinary nature of the collection and its chronological range facilitate a nuanced re-examination of shifting attitudes to individual artistic creativity across the medieval period and into the early modern.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783954902323

395490232X

OCLC:

1009273041

Publisher Number:

99975783206