When Ego Was Imago - Signs of Identity in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)

Twelfth-century individuals negotiated personal relationships along a continuum connecting rather than polarizing immediacy and mediated representation. Their markers of individuation, signs of identity and media of communication thus evidence practical engagement with contemporary medieval sign theory and perceptions of reality. In this study, the relevance of modern theory for the interpretation of medieval artifacts is shown to depend upon the parallel existence of theoretical activity by the producers and users of such artifacts. In the cultural landscape of the central Middle Ages, the axes of iconicity, semantics and materiality traced by charters, seals, and by both concrete and metaphorical images of the imprint, dynamically shaped the boundaries within which a sense of self was formulated, modulated, experienced, and enacted.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Visualising the Middle Ages, 3
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	November 2010
Authors:	Brigitte Bedos Rezak
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	322
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-19217-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 500 CE to 1400 > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Promotions
LSN:	90-04-19217-4
Barcode:	9789004192171

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