Anderson, Benjamin

Cosmos and Community in Early Medieval Art

New Haven, Yale University Press, 2017. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with silver lettering. Color illustrated dj. 203 pages : illustrations (chiefly color). Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-199) and index. VG .

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Book number: 183747

Catalogue: Medieval Art

Keywords: Medieval Art ; Medieval Art ; ;

Beer, Ellen J.

Die Rose Der Kathedrale Von Lausanne Und Der Kosmologische Bilderkreis Des Mittelalters

Bern, Benteli Verlag, 1952. Paperback. Tan paper wraps. 80 pages illustrations, plates. Includes bibliographical references. G Cover has fading, mising corner pieces, general wear. Spine has creasing and tape repair. Bookblock had age toning.

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Book number: 183913

Catalogue: Medieval Art, Glass

Keywords: Medieval Art, Glass ; Medieval Art ; ;

Bergmann,Ulrike; Anon Legner

Die Holzskulpturen Des Mittelalters II, 1. 1400 to 1540. Part 1: Cologne, Westphalia, Northern Germany

Koln, Schnutgen Museum, 2001. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Blue dj with color photograph. 510 pgs. Illustrations. Includes bibliographical references and index. VG Minor cover and dj wear .

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Book number: 183725

Catalogue: General European Art, Medieval

Keywords: General European Art, Medieval ; Medieval Art ; ;

Camille, Michael

The Gothic Idol: Ideology and Image-Making in Medieval Art

Cambridge / New York, Cambridge University Press, 1989. Softcover. Red, white pictorial wraps with black lettering, xxxii, 407 pp. bw illustrations throughout. "This book examines the theme of idol-worship in medieval art. Michael Camille reveals the ideological basis of paintings, statues, and manuscript illuminations that depicted the worship of false gods in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. By showing that images of idolatry stood for those outside the Church - pagans, Muslims, Jews, heretics, homosexuals - Camille sheds light on how medieval society viewed both alien 'others' and itself. He also links the abhorrence of worshiping false gods in images to an 'image-explosion' in the thriteenth century, when the Christian Church was filled with cult statues, miracle-working relics, and 'real' representations in the new Gothic style. The idea of idolatry was used to criticize some of the complex social changes of the period, especially those resulting from the increased secularization of society. Cult and magic images in royal propaganda are examined as are the conventions of courtly love, in which woman were represented on pedestals as objects of desire and simultaneously denigrated as idols of perversity in the eyes of the Church. In attempting to bring the Gothic image to life, Michael Camille shows how images can teach us about attitudes and beliefs in a particular society. His provocative book will be of interest not only to historians of medieval art, but to all scholars concerned with the way representations operate as tools of communication in society." - blurb from back of book. G+ (bend in bottom front corner of cover, previous owner's inscription on title page, minimal shelf wear, all pages clear and intact) .

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Book number: 181765

Catalogue: Medieval Art, Idolatry

Keywords: Medieval Art, Idolatry ; Medieval Art, Idolatry ; ;