The Experience of Beauty in the Middle Ages
Series: Oxford-Warburg Studies;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 25 September 2014
- ISBN 9780198723257
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages246 pages
- Size 217x142x14 mm
- Weight 310 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 11 colour and black and white plates 0
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Short description:
This book articulates a new approach to medieval aesthetic values, emphasizing the sensory and emotional basis of all medieval arts, their love of play and fine craftsmanship, of puzzles, and of strong contrasts.It offers an understanding of medieval literature and art that is rooted in the perceptions and feelings of ordinary life.
MoreLong description:
This book articulates a new approach to medieval aesthetic values, emphasizing the sensory and emotional basis of all medieval arts, their love of play and fine craftsmanship, of puzzles, and of strong contrasts. Written for a general educated audience as well as students and scholars in the field, it offers an understanding of medieval literature and art that is rooted in the perceptions and feelings of ordinary life, made up of play and laughter as well as serious work. Medieval
Mary Carruthers is well-known to medievalists across the disciplines for her pioneering work on the art of memory, which has transformed the way in which we think about medieval processes of learning. . . This is not a book to be read in a single sitting. Readers will want to savor the essays, chew them over in order to release their flavor.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Making Sense
Artful Play
Sensory Complexion and Style
Taking the Bitter with the Sweet
Taste and Good Taste
Varietas
Ordinary Beauty
