Barbara Catherine Raw

Anglo-Saxon Crucifixion Iconography and the Art of the Monastic Revival

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a major study of the drawings, paintings and carvings of the crucifixion from tenth- and eleventh-century England.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 534g
• ISBN-13: 9780521093088
• ISBN-10: 0521093082
• Artikelnr.: 25445513

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations and note on the text
Introduction
1. The nature and purpose of Anglo-Saxon church art
2. The place of the crucifix in Anglo-Saxon religious life
3. Crucifixion pictures in context
4. Anglo-Saxon crucifixion iconography and the theology of the early mediaeval period
5. The crucifix with angels
6. The crucifix with the crowned Christ
7. Minor iconographic types
8. Artistic themes and the thought of the period
Catalogue and index of works of art
Bibliography
Index.