(Blackwell Companions to Art History) 2nd Edition
by Conrad Rudolph (Editor)
A fully updated and comprehensive companion to Romanesque and Gothic art history
This
definitive reference brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted
to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe and provides a
clear analytical survey of what is happening in this major area of
Western art history. The volume comprises original theoretical,
historical, and historiographic essays written by renowned and emergent
scholars who discuss the vibrancy of medieval art from both thematic and
sub-disciplinary perspectives.
Part of the Blackwell Companions to Art History, A Companion to Medieval Art, Second Edition
features an international and ambitious range of contributions covering
reception, formalism, Gregory the Great, pilgrimage art, gender,
patronage, marginalized images, the concept of spolia, manuscript
illumination, stained glass, Cistercian architecture, art of the
crusader states, and more.
- Newly revised edition of a highly successful companion, including 11 new articles
- Comprehensive coverage ranging from vision, materiality, and the artist through to architecture, sculpture, and painting
- Contains full-color illustrations throughout, plus notes on the book’s many distinguished contributors
A Companion to Medieval Art: Romanesque and Gothic in Northern Europe, Second Edition is an exciting and varied study that provides essential reading for students and teachers of Medieval art.
