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Beschreibung
This book examines the visualization of personified death. It analyzes all preserved examples of macabre iconography in late medieval Bohemian paintings in the context of period culture and devotion.
This book examines the visualization of personified death. It analyzes all preserved examples of macabre iconography in late medieval Bohemian paintings in the context of period culture and devotion.
Über den Autor
Daniela Rywikováis assistant professor of art history at the University of Ostrava.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Four Last Things: Dying and Death in the Middle Ages

Chapter 1: Imago mortis: Image of Death in Early and High Medieval Art

Chapter 2: Death of the Apocalypse

Chapter 3: Mors triumfans: Triumph of Death in the Broumov Charnel House in the Context of Period Funeral Liturgy and Theology

Chapter 4: Memento mori: The Legend of the Three Living and the Three Dead as a Polysemantic Presentation of Death in Late Medieval Bohemian Mural Painting

Chapter 5: Ars moriendi and Symmetry of Sin: The Krumlov Miscellanea as a Vademecum of Virtuous Life, Perfect Penance, and the Good Death

Chapter 6: Danse macabre: Two Prague Dances of Death as a Critique of the Sinful World

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: Mittelalter
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781498586573
ISBN-10: 1498586570
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Rywiková, Daniela
Hersteller: Lexington Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Daniela Rywiková
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.12.2021
Gewicht: 0,43 kg
Artikel-ID: 120482599

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