ISBN: 9789004207493 - confronting the borders of medieval art (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: New. InhaltsverzeichnisIntroduction: Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen and Linda Safran, Surveying the Borders of Medieval Art .i 1. Katrin Kogman-Appel, Jewish Art and Cultural Exchange: Theoretical Perspectives .1 2. Cynthia Robinson, Towers..

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume approaches the problem of the canonical 'center' by looking at art and architecture on the borders of the medieval world, from China to Armenia, Sweden, and Spain. Seven contributors engage three distinct yet related problems: margins, frontiers, and cross-cultural encounters. While not displaying a unified methodology or privileging specific theoretical constructs, the essays emphasize how strategies of representation articulated ownership and identity within contested arenas. What is contested is both medieval (the material evidence itself) and modern (the scholarly traditions in which the evidence has or has not been embedded). An introduction by the editors places the essays within historiographic and pedagogical frameworks. Contributors: J. Caskey, K. Kogman-Appel, C. Maranci, J. Purtle, C. Robinson, N. Wicker and E.S.Wolper.…