Negotiating Secular and Sacred in Medieval Art
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Alicia Walker
Andronikos II
architectural symbolism
Biblioteca Del Museo Correr
British Library Board
Caroline A. Wamsler
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Christ Child
Communion Sanctorum
Council Hall
cross-cultural art history
Edward III
Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos
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Eric RamZ-Weaver
Galina Tirnanic
Ghassanid Phylarch
Heavenly Setting
interfaith artistic exchange
Kathryn A. Smith
Lara Tohme
Leo III
Liberal Art
Medieval Art History
Medieval Islamic Art
medieval material culture
Ninth Century Christians
Palaiologan Emperors
Pope Alexander III
Qasr Al Hayr
Qasr Al Hayr Al Gharbi
religious iconography
sacred secular dynamics in art
Samuel Crowell Morse
Smithfield Decretals
Star Pictures
Syrian Steppe
Theodore Metochites
Upper Town
Veronica Kalas
visual culture studies
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780754663270
- Weight: 666g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 08 Jun 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Alicia Walker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis.
Amanda Luyster is a Lecturer in the Department of Visual Arts at the College of the Holy Cross.
