Picturing death 1200-1600 /

"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 A...

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Other Authors:	Perkinson, Stephen (Editor), Turel, Noa (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden : Brill, [2021]
Series:	Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 321. Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 50.
Subjects:	Death in art > 13th century. Death in art > 14th century. Death in art > 15th century. Death in art > 16th century. Death in art. 1200-1599

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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"--
Physical Description:	xx, 454 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-444) and index.
ISBN:	9789004430020 9004430024
ISSN:	0920-8607 ; 1878-9048 ;