Search results for ""author michael camille""
Reaktion Books Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art
What do they all mean - the lascivious ape, autophagic dragons, pot-bellied heads, harp-playing asses, arse-kissing priests and somersaulting jongleurs to be found protruding from the edges of medieval buildings and in the margins of illuminated manuscripts? Now available in a new hardback edition, Michael Camille's Image on the Edge explores that riotous realm of marginal art, so often explained away as mere decoration or zany doodles, where resistance to social constraints flourished. Medieval image-makers focused attention on the underside of society, the excluded and the ejected. Peasants, servants, prostitutes and beggars all found their place, along with knights and clerics, engaged in impudent antics in the margins of prayer-books or, as gargoyles, on the outsides of churches. Camille brings us to an understanding of how marginality functioned in medieval culture and shows us just how scandalous, subversive and amazing the art of the time could be.
£16.95
Ediciones Akal Arte gótico visiones gloriosas
Radical revisión del arte gótico en Europa, en la que la palabra gótico no sólo describe un estilo artístico, sino un concepto cambiante del espacio, el tiempo y la sociedad.
£22.12
The University of Chicago Press The Gargoyles Norte Dame Medievalism and the Monsters of Modernity
Most of the people who visit the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris probably do not realize that the legendary gargoyles adorning this medieval masterpiece were not constructed until the 19th century. This title presents a history of these monsters. It argues that they transformed the iconic 13th-century cathedral into a modern monument.
£31.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Other Objects of Desire: Collectors and Collecting Queerly
Other Objects of Desire; Collectors and Collecting Queerly explores gay identities and identifications as they are communicated in and through art, and provides a critical approach to the study of collectors and collecting. From Jean de Berry to the internet addict, from Christina of Sweden to Andy Warhol, this collection of essays sets about questioning the terms and methodologies of gay or queer historical studies and the very nature and definition of collecting. Richly illustrated, scholarly and bold, this anthology respresents the work of both young and established Art Historians in trenchant, original and groundbreaking style.
£21.75
