Negotiating secular and sacred in medieval art : Christian, Islamic, and Buddhist / edited by Alicia Walker and Amanda Luyster.

Other author Walker, Alicia, 1972-
Other author Luyster, Amanda.
Format Book
Publication InfoFarnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., ©2009.
Descriptionxvii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Art, Medieval--Themes, motives.
Holy, The, in art.
Polarity in art.
Art and society--History. --To 1500.

Contents Introduction. Mapping the heavens and treading the earth: negotiating sacred and secular in medieval art / Alicia Walker and Amanda Luyster -- Chivalric narratives and devotional experience in the Taymouth Hours / Kathryn A. Smith -- Merging heavenly court and earthly Council in Trecento Venice / Carolina A. Wamsler -- Divine images and earthly authority at the Chora Parekklesion in Constantinople / Galina Tirnani -- Classical constellations in Carolingian codices: investigating the celestial imagery of Madrid, Biblioteca nacional, MS 3307 / Eric Ramírez Weaver -- Spaces of convergence: Christian monasteries and Umayyad architecture in greater Syria / Lara Tohme -- Challenging the sacred landscape of Byzantine Cappadocia / Veronica Kalas -- Pilgrimage for pleasure: time and space in late medieval Japanese painting / Samuel Crowell Morse.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-211) and index.
LCCN 2008044323
ISBN9780754663270 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0754663272 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks N5975 .N44 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold