Studies in Pictorial Narrative (Hardcover)

Written over the course of a quarter century, the nineteen essays reprinted in this volume reflect a continuing belief in the seriousness and complexity of the relationship between pictures and texts in medieval art. Professor Kessler has grouped his studies in three sections: Pictures and Scripture includes those essays which consider the various ways in which Christian pictorial representations are in continuous and varying dialogue with holy writ in Byzantium and the medieval west. Pictures in Scripture is about illustrated manuscripts, with six essays dealing with the complicated processes used to construct meaning in depictions within the texts they illustrate. Pictures as Scriptures contains nine essays which deal with pictorial cycles unassociated with the texts they serve, primarily monumental narratives in the Synagogue at Dura Europos and on the walls of Italian churches. Notes added to each article update the bibliography and consider issues that have been discussed in subsequent scholarly literature. There is a new preface and a comprehensive index.

General

Imprint:	Pindar Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1994
First published:	December 1994
Authors:	Herbert Kessler
Dimensions:	194 x 249 x 43mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	580
ISBN-13:	978-0-907132-77-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 500 CE to 1400 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-907132-77-4
Barcode:	9780907132776

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