Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 257 mm, Gewicht: 693 g
New Perspectives on Post-Roman Art
Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 257 mm, Gewicht: 693 g
ISBN: 978-1-009-20777-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Scholarship often treats the post-Roman art produced in central and north-western Europe as representative of the pagan identities of the new 'Germanic' rulers of the early medieval world. In this book, Matthias Friedrich offers a critical reevaluation of the ethnic and religious categories of art that still inform our understanding of early medieval art and archaeology. He scrutinises early medieval visual culture by combining archaeological approaches with art historical methods based on contemporary theory. Friedrich examines the transformation of Roman imperial images, together with the contemporary, highly ornamented material culture that is epitomized by 'animal art.' Through a rigorous analysis of a range of objects, he demonstrates how these pathways produced an aesthetic that promoted variety (varietas), a cross-cultural concept that bridged the various ethnic and religious identities of post-Roman Europe and the Mediterranean worlds.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Klassisch (Griechisch & Römisch)
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Völkerwanderung und Mittelalter
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Byzantinisch
Weitere Infos & Material
I. Moving Beyond Dichotomies: 1. The great divide; 2. The enduring power of images; II. New Perspectives: 3. Art, archaeology, and agency; 4. The bewilderment principle – ornament and surface.
