Description
| Product ID: | 9781403964441 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | The New Middle Ages |
| Title: | Visual Culture and the German Middle Ages |
| Authors: | Author: K. Starkey |
| Page Count: | 290 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Communication studies, History, Cultural studies, Communication studies, History, Cultural studies |
| Description: | This multi-disciplinary collection of essays draws on various theoretical approaches to explore the highly visual nature of the Middle Ages and expose new facets of old texts and artefacts. This multidisciplinary collection of essays draws on various theoretical approaches to explore the highly visual nature of the Middle Ages and expose new facets of old texts and artifacts. The term "visual culture" has been used in recent years to refer to modern media theory, film, modern art and other contemporary representational forms and functions. But this interest in visuality is not only a modern phenomenon. Discourses on visual processes pervade the works of medieval theologians, scholastics, and secular poets alike. The Middle Ages was a highly visual period in which images, objects, and performance played a dominant communicative and representative role in both secular and religious areas of society. The essays in this volume, which present various perspectives on medieval visual culture, provide a critical historical basis for the study of visuality and visual processes. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave USA |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-06-15 |
