Picturing death 1200-1600

by Perkinson, Stephen Turel, Noa

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Title Statements

Full title :Picturing death 1200-1600 / edited by Stephen Perkinson, Noa Turel.

Summary

"Picturing Death: 1200-1600 explores the visual culture of mortality over the course of four centuries that witnessed a remarkable flourishing of imagery focused on the themes of death, dying, and the afterlife. In doing so, this volume sheds light on issues that unite two periods--the Middle Ages and the Renaissance--that are often understood as diametrically opposed. The studies collected here cover a broad visual terrain, from tomb sculpture to painted altarpieces, from manuscripts to printed books, and from minute carved objects to large-scale architecture. Taken together, they present a picture of the ways that images have helped humans understand their own mortality, and have incorporated the deceased into the communities of the living"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Brill
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2021

The Physical Object

Description:xx, 454 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color) ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789004430020, 9004430024, 9004441115, 9789004441118
oclc:on1227473491
LC Classification:NX650.D4
Dewey Decimal:940.2

Subjects

ART -- History Christian art and symbolism -- History Death in art Death in art -- 13th century Death in art -- 14th century Death in art -- 15th century Death in art -- 16th century Mort dans l'art -- 13e siècle Mort dans l'art -- 14e siècle Mort dans l'art -- 15e siècle Mort dans l'art -- 16e siècle