Tree of Jesse iconography in northern Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries /
This book is the first detailed investigation to focus on the late medieval use of Tree of Jesse imagery, traditionally a representation of the genealogical tree of Christ. In northern Europe, from the mid-fifteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, it could be found across a wide range of media. Ye...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Series: | Routledge research in art and education.
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| Summary: | This book is the first detailed investigation to focus on the late medieval use of Tree of Jesse imagery, traditionally a representation of the genealogical tree of Christ. In northern Europe, from the mid-fifteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, it could be found across a wide range of media. Yet, as this book vividly illustrates, it had evolved beyond a simple genealogy into something more complex, which could be modified to satisfy specific religious requirements. It was also able to function on a more temporal level, reflecting not only a clerical preoccupation with a sense of communal identity, but a more general interest in displaying a family's heritage, continuity and/or social status. It is this dynamic and polyvalent element that makes the subject so fascinating. |
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| Item Description: | Edited version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Courtauld Institute of Art, 2014) under the title: O Radix Jesse : Tree of Jesse iconography in Northern Europe, c. 1450-1550. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 244 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-230) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780815393771 0815393776 |