The Clement Bible at the Medieval Courts of Naples and Avignon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Clement Bible at the Medieval Courts of Naples and Avignon write by CathleenA. Fleck. This book was released on 2017-07-05. The Clement Bible at the Medieval Courts of Naples and Avignon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As a 'biography' of the fourteenth-century illustrated Bible of Clement VII, an opposition pope in Avignon from 1378-94, this social history traces the Bible's production in Naples (c. 1330) through its changing ownership and meaning in Avignon (c. 1340-1405) to its presentation as a gift to Alfonso, King of Aragon (c. 1424). The author's novel approach, based on solid art historical and anthropological methodologies, allows her to assess the object's evolving significance and the use of such a Bible to enhance the power and prestige of its princely and papal owners. Through archival sources, the author pinpoints the physical location and privileged treatment of the Clement Bible over a century. The author considers how the Bible's contexts in the collection of a bishop, several popes, and a king demonstrate the value of the Bible as an exchange commodity. The Bible was undoubtedly valued for the aesthetic quality of its 200+ luxurious images. Additionally, the author argues that its iconography, especially Jerusalem and visionary scenes, augments its worth as a reflection of contemporary political and religious issues. Its images offered biblical precedents, its style represented associations with certain artists and regions in Italy, and its past provided links to important collections. Fleck's examination of the art production around the Bible in Naples and Avignon further illuminates the manuscript's role as a reflection of the court cultures in those cities. Adding to recent art historical scholarship focusing on the taste and signature styles in late medieval and Renaissance courts, this study provides new information about workshop practices and techniques. In these two court cities, the author analyzes styles associated with different artists, different patrons, and even with different rooms of the rulers' palaces, offering new findings relevant to current scholarship, not only in art history but also in court and collection studies.
Medieval Iberia
Medieval Iberia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medieval Iberia write by E. Michael Gerli. This book was released on 2013-12-04. Medieval Iberia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As the first comprehensive reference to the vital world of medieval Spain, this unique volume focuses on the Iberian kingdoms from the fall of the Roman Empire to the aftermath of the Reconquista. The nearly 1,000 signed A-Z entries, written by renowned specialists in the field, encompass topics of key relevance to medieval Iberia, including people, events, works, and institutions, as well as interdisciplinary coverage of literature, language, history, arts, folklore, religion, and science. Also providing in-depth discussions of the rich contributions of Muslim and Jewish cultures, and offering useful insights into their interactions with Catholic Spain, this comprehensive work is an invaluable tool for students, scholars, and general readers alike. For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia website.
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Catalog of Copyright Entries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Catalog of Copyright Entries write by Library of Congress. Copyright Office. This book was released on 1977. Catalog of Copyright Entries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Art, Science, and Witchcraft in Early Modern Holland
Art, Science, and Witchcraft in Early Modern Holland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Art, Science, and Witchcraft in Early Modern Holland write by Claudia Swan. This book was released on 2005-06-08. Art, Science, and Witchcraft in Early Modern Holland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Publisher Description
A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378-1417)
A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378-1417) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378-1417) write by Joëlle Rollo-Koster. This book was released on 2009. A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378-1417) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The division of the Church or Schism that took place between 1378 and 1417 had no precedent in Christianity. No conclave since the twelfth century had acted as had those in April and September 1378, electing two concurrent popes. This crisis was neither an issue of the authority claimed by the pope and the Holy Roman Emperor nor an issue of authority and liturgy. The Great Western Schism was unique because it forced upon Christianity a rethinking of the traditional medieval mental frame. It raised question of personality, authority, human fallibility, ecclesiastical jurisdiction and taxation, and in the end responsibility in holding power and authority. This collection presents the broadest range of experiences, center and periphery, clerical and lay, male and female, Christian and Muslim. Theology, including exegesis of Scripture, diplomacy, French literature, reform, art, and finance all receive attention.
