Word And Image
The Art Of The Early Middle Ages, 600-1050
1st Edition
Published on 16. February 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
174 pages
978-0-8133-3879-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides an introduction to early medieval art, both the images themselves and the methods used to study them, focusing on the relationship of word and image, a relationship that was central in northern Europe and the Mediterranean from about 600 to about 1050.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
265 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-3879-8 (9780813338798)
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Person
William J. Diebold is associate professor of art history and humanities at Reed College. He has curated a number of exhibitions on medieval art, and he has written many articles and reviews for scholarly journals. Diebold received a Samuel H. Kress Fellowship in 1984-1986 and an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in 1994-1995. He was Chair at the College Art Association meetings in 1995 and 1997.
Content
Sites Discussed in Text -- The Character of Early Medieval Art -- Books for the Illiterate? -- Art in the Service of the Word -- Books for the Illiterate? -- The Crisis of Word and Image -- Inscriptions and Images -- Conclusion