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Fools & Folly in Flemish Art
Buch von Larry Silver
Sprache: Englisch

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In praise of folly: on the fool and the jester in Flemish art, an important motif in medieval art, especially in the Low Countries.

According to medieval theologians, faith is a deadly serious business. Humor and virtue are irreconcilable, because laughter is uncontrollable and escapes the control of reason. A modest smile is permitted. But laughing loudly, grinning and grimacing: these are the playing field of the devil – just as pernicious as other uncontrollable urges, such as physical love or the addiction of the gambler. That is the domain of the peasant or fool.

In the late Middle Ages, every right-thinking town-dweller knew the difference between the peasant and the fool. Peasants are innocently gullible, primitive, throwing themselves into feasting, gorging, drinking and sex. The peasant is the antithesis of the cultivated urbanite, who fastidiously controls his urges – and who therefore above all must not laugh too loudly. Only during Innocents Day parties or Shrove Tuesday celebrations is it permitted for urban partygoers to play the fool and to show their ‘underbelly’.

In contrast to the peasant, the fool escapes the existing order. He holds up a mirror to the self-declared wise citizens, because ‘the fool reveals the truth through laughter’, even though it may be hidden between piss and shit, sex and snot. It is for precisely this reason that Erasmus, in his In Praise of Folly writes not as himself but through the persona of Folly, a broad back behind which the wise person can hide when he denounces social problems. Laughter thus alters the world.

In this context, the fool and irony became important motifs in medieval art, especially in the Low Countries. This original art book is illustrated with dozens of top-quality works by Flemish masters from worldwide collections.
In praise of folly: on the fool and the jester in Flemish art, an important motif in medieval art, especially in the Low Countries.

According to medieval theologians, faith is a deadly serious business. Humor and virtue are irreconcilable, because laughter is uncontrollable and escapes the control of reason. A modest smile is permitted. But laughing loudly, grinning and grimacing: these are the playing field of the devil – just as pernicious as other uncontrollable urges, such as physical love or the addiction of the gambler. That is the domain of the peasant or fool.

In the late Middle Ages, every right-thinking town-dweller knew the difference between the peasant and the fool. Peasants are innocently gullible, primitive, throwing themselves into feasting, gorging, drinking and sex. The peasant is the antithesis of the cultivated urbanite, who fastidiously controls his urges – and who therefore above all must not laugh too loudly. Only during Innocents Day parties or Shrove Tuesday celebrations is it permitted for urban partygoers to play the fool and to show their ‘underbelly’.

In contrast to the peasant, the fool escapes the existing order. He holds up a mirror to the self-declared wise citizens, because ‘the fool reveals the truth through laughter’, even though it may be hidden between piss and shit, sex and snot. It is for precisely this reason that Erasmus, in his In Praise of Folly writes not as himself but through the persona of Folly, a broad back behind which the wise person can hide when he denounces social problems. Laughter thus alters the world.

In this context, the fool and irony became important motifs in medieval art, especially in the Low Countries. This original art book is illustrated with dozens of top-quality works by Flemish masters from worldwide collections.
Über den Autor
Larry Silver is professor of art history at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of the monograph Hieronymus Bosch. He is renowned worldwide as one of the most important art historians of our age.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
EXCREMENTAL MIRTH INTRODUCTION VISUAL IRONY PROLOGUE FOOLISH CREATURES CHAPTER I FOOLS IN COURT AND DAILY LIFE CHAPTER II FOOLS IN LITERATURE AND ALLEGORY CHAPTER III FOOLISH LOVE... AND MARRIAGE CHAPTER IV BEHAVING BADLY — PEASANTS CHAPTER V BEHAVING BADLY — MERRY COMPANIES CHAPTER VI BEGGARS AND OTHER BEASTS CHAPTER VII PROVERBIAL FOLLY CONCLUSION MIDDLE-CLASS MORALITY
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Kunstgeschichte
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9789463887816
ISBN-10: 9463887814
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Silver, Larry
Hersteller: HANNIBAL BOOKS
Hannibal Publishers
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: HANNIBAL BOOKS, Appelmarkt 8, B-8630 Veurne, orders@hannibalbooks.be
Maße: 297 x 254 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Larry Silver
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.02.2023
Gewicht: 1,748 kg
Artikel-ID: 131765561
Über den Autor
Larry Silver is professor of art history at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of the monograph Hieronymus Bosch. He is renowned worldwide as one of the most important art historians of our age.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
EXCREMENTAL MIRTH INTRODUCTION VISUAL IRONY PROLOGUE FOOLISH CREATURES CHAPTER I FOOLS IN COURT AND DAILY LIFE CHAPTER II FOOLS IN LITERATURE AND ALLEGORY CHAPTER III FOOLISH LOVE... AND MARRIAGE CHAPTER IV BEHAVING BADLY — PEASANTS CHAPTER V BEHAVING BADLY — MERRY COMPANIES CHAPTER VI BEGGARS AND OTHER BEASTS CHAPTER VII PROVERBIAL FOLLY CONCLUSION MIDDLE-CLASS MORALITY
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Kunstgeschichte
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9789463887816
ISBN-10: 9463887814
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Silver, Larry
Hersteller: HANNIBAL BOOKS
Hannibal Publishers
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: HANNIBAL BOOKS, Appelmarkt 8, B-8630 Veurne, orders@hannibalbooks.be
Maße: 297 x 254 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Larry Silver
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.02.2023
Gewicht: 1,748 kg
Artikel-ID: 131765561
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