The Gothic Idol: Ideology and Image-Making in Medieval Art Tapa blanda - 1991

Cambridge University Press. Used - Very Good. 1991. Paperback. Pap. Slight shelf wear. Some age-toning to inner sides of front and rear wraps. Else a bright. clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: Medieval, Art & Illumination).

Cambridge University Press. Near Fine. 1991. Softcover. 0521424305 . Like new. ; Cambridge Studies In New Art History And Criticism; 9.8 X 7.0 X 1.0 inches; 441 pages .

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Cambridge University Press. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Cambridge / New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Softcover. G+ (bend in bottom front corner of cover, previous owner's inscription on title page, minimal shelf wear, all pages clear and intact). Red, white pictorial wraps with black lettering, xxxii, 407 pp., bw illustrations throughout. "This book examines the theme of idol-worship in medieval art. Michael Camille reveals the ideological basis of paintings, statues, and manuscript illuminations that depicted the worship of false gods in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. By showing that images of idolatry stood for those outside the Church - pagans, Muslims, Jews, heretics, homosexuals - Camille sheds light on how medieval society viewed both alien 'others' and itself. He also links the abhorrence of worshiping false gods in images to an 'image-explosion' in the thriteenth century, when the Christian Church was filled with cult statues, miracle-working relics, and 'real' representations in the new Gothic style. The idea of idolatry was… Leer más