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The Cross, the Gospels, and the Work of Art in the Carolingian Age (Hardcover)
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The Cross, the Gospels, and the Work of Art in the Carolingian Age (Hardcover)
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In this book, Beatrice E. Kitzinger explores the power of
representation in the Carolingian period, demonstrating how images
were used to assert the value and efficacy of art works. She
focuses on the cross, Christianity's central sign, which
simultaneously commemorates sacred history, functions in the
present, and prepares for the end of time. It is well recognized
that the visual attributes of the cross were designed to
communicate its theology relative to history and eschatology;
Kitzinger argues that early medieval artists also developed a
formal language to articulate its efficacious powers in the present
day. Defined through form and text as the sign of the present, the
image of the cross articulated the instrumentality of religious
objects and built spaces. Whereas medieval and modern scholars have
pondered the theological problems posed by representation,
Kitzinger here proposes a visual argument that affirms the
self-reflexive value of art works in the early medieval West.
Introducing little-known sources, she re-evaluates both the image
of the cross and the project of book-making in an expanded field of
Carolingian painting.
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