Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... The Mind's Eye: Art and Theological Argument in the Middle Agesby Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Anne-Marie Bouché
None Loading...
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Zwaar ( ) no reviews | add a review
The Mind's Eye focuses on the relationships among art, theology, exegesis, and literature--issues long central to the study of medieval art, yet ripe for reconsideration. Essays by leading scholars from many fields examine the illustration of theological commentaries, the use of images to expound or disseminate doctrine, the role of images within theological discourse, the development of doctrine in response to images, and the place of vision and the visual in theological thought. At issue are the ways in which theologians responded to the images that we call art and in which images entered into dialogue with theological discourse. In what ways could medieval art be construed as argumentative in structure as well as in function? Are any of the modes of representation in medieval art analogous to those found in texts? In what ways did images function as vehicles, not merely vessels, of meaning and signification? To what extent can exegesis and other genres of theological discourse shed light on the form, as well as the content and function, of medieval images? These are only some of the challenging questions posed by this unprecedented and interdisciplinary collection, which provides a historical framework within which to reconsider the relationship between seeing and thinking, perception and the imagination in the Middle Ages. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsNone
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)261.5Religions Christian church and church work Church and the world; Social theology and interreligious relations and attitudes Christianity and secular disciplinesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |