Approaches to early-medieval art
ISBN: 9780915651092
Platform/Publisher: ACLS / Medieval Academy of America
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Ten pages at a time; Download: Ten pages at a time
Subjects: European: 400-1400;

Contains seven contributions rejecting essentialist constructions in traditional art-historical analysis. Topics include iconoclasm and identity in early-medieval art, magic and money in the early Middle Ages, and the construction of sanctity in early medieval saints' shrines. First published as a special issue of Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies (October 1997). Includes b&w maps, illustrations. Lacks an index. Distributed by the U. Press of Kansas. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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