Tree of Jesse Iconography in Northern Europe in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries - Couverture rigide

Green, Susan L.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0815393776 ISBN 13 : 9780815393771

Editeur : Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

This book is the first detailed investigation to focus on the late medieval use of Tree of Jesse imagery, traditionally a representation of the genealogical tree of Christ. In northern Europe, from the mid-fifteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, it could be found across a wide range of media. Yet, as this book vividly illustrates, it had evolved beyond a simple genealogy into something more complex, which could be modified to satisfy specific religious requirements. It was also able to function on a more temporal level, reflecting not only a clerical preoccupation with a sense of communal identity, but a more general interest in displaying a family's heritage, continuity and/or social status. It is this dynamic and polyvalent element that makes the subject so fascinating.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Susan L. Green is an associate lecturer at the Courtauld Institute of Art and visiting lecturer at the New College of the Humanities, London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0815393776
• ISBN 13: 9780815393771
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible