The long lives of medieval art and architecture /
"Traditional histories of medieval art and architecture often privilege the moment of a work's creation, yet surviving works designated as 'medieval' have long and expansive lives. Many have extended prehistories emerging from their sites and contexts of creation, and most have u...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2019
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| Series: | AVISTA studies in the history of medieval technology, science and art ;
v. 12. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "Traditional histories of medieval art and architecture often privilege the moment of a work's creation, yet surviving works designated as 'medieval' have long and expansive lives. Many have extended prehistories emerging from their sites and contexts of creation, and most have undergone a variety of interventions, including adaptations and restorations, since coming into being. The lives of these works have been further extended through historiography, museum exhibitions, and digital media. Inspired by the literary category of biography and the methods of longue duraee historians, the introduction and seventeen chapters of this volume provide an extended meditation on the longevity of medieval works of art and the aspect of time as a factor in shaping our interpretations of them. While the metaphor of 'lives' invokes associations with the origin of the discipline of art history, focus is shifted away from temporal constraints of a single human lifespan or generation to consider the continued lives of medieval works even into our present moment. Chapters on works from the modern countries of Italy, France, England, Spain, and Germany are drawn togetherhere by the thematic threads of essence and continuity, transformation, memory and oblivion, and restoration. Together, they tell an object-oriented history of art and architecture that is necessarily entangled with numerous individuals and institutions."--Provided by publisher |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 322 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781351181105 1351181106 9781351181129 1351181122 9781351181112 1351181114 9781351181099 1351181092 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |
