Ottonian Imperial Art and Portraiture - The Artistic Patronage of Otto III and Henry II (Hardcover, New edition)

Ottonian Imperial Art and Portraiture represents the first art historical consideration of the patronage of the Ottonian Emperors Otto III (983-1002) and Henry II (1002-1024). Author Eliza Garrison analyzes liturgical artworks created for both rulers with the larger goal of addressing the ways in which individual art objects and the collections to which they belonged were perceived as elements of a material historical narrative and as portraits. Since these objects and images had the capacity to stand in for the ruler in his physical absence, she argues, they also performed political functions that were bound to their ritualized use in the liturgy not only during the ruler's lifetime, but even after his death. Garrison investigates how treasury objects could relay officially sanctioned information in a manner that texts alone could not, offering the first full length exploration of this central phenomenon of the Ottonian era.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Eliza Garrison
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	236
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-6968-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 500 CE to 1400 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7546-6968-8
Barcode:	9780754669685

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