Images of adventure : Ywain in the visual arts / James A. Rushing, Jr.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Rushing, Jr., James A., Author.

Series:

• Anniversary Collection
• The Middle Ages Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Yvain (Legendary character)--Art.
• Arthurian romances--Illustrations.
• Knights and knighthood in art.
• Art, Medieval.

Genre:

• Art.
• Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 300 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exploring the relationships between literature and the visual arts in the Middle Ages, this book examines pictorial representations of the story of Ywain, knight of the Round Table, from the thirteenth through to the fifteenth centuries. Of the images James A. Rushing, Jr., studies, only those found in manuscripts of Chretien de Troyes' Yvain are placed in any obvious relation with a written text, while those many images of Yvain found on wall-paintings, embriodery, and misericords are not accompanied by text at all. Rushing presents a thematic analysis and interpretation of these latter, navigating between the traditional disciplines of literary study and art history.

Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Figures and Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Exploring the Realms Beyond the Text
• 1. The Ambiguity of Adventure: The Rodenegg Mural Cycle
• 2. The Game of Adventure: The Ywain Wall Paintings at Schmalkalden
• 3. Exemplary Scenes of Adventure: Princeton University Library Garrett 125
• 4. Adventures Right and Wrong: The Illuminated Paris Yvain
• 5. The Adventure of the Horse's Rear: Ywain on English Misericords
• 6. Adventure Turned to Slavery: The Malterer Embroidery
• 7. Ywain in the Adventurer's Hall of Fame: The Runkelstein "Triads"
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Works Cited
• Index
• Backmatter

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-290) and index.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

• 9781512809459
• 1512809454
• 9780585147192
• 0585147191

OCLC:

979837098