Ebook {Epub PDF} The Gothic Idol: Ideology and Image-Making in Medieval Art by Michael Camille

The Gothic Idol Ideology And Image Making In Medieval Art Cambridge Studies In New Art History And Criticism|Michael Camille, The Betrayal of the West A Continuum book|Jacques Ellul, The Garden Murder Case a Philo Vance Story|S S Van Dine, Solid Truth About States of Matter With Max Axiom Graphic Science|Agnieszka Biskup/10(). By examining the theme of idol-worship in medieval art, this book reveals the ideological basis of paintings, statues and manuscript illuminations that depict the worship of false gods in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. By showing that images of idolatry stood for those outside the Church - pagans, Muslims, Jews, heretics, homosexuals - Camille sheds light on how medieval society Author: Michael Camille. The Gothic idol: ideology and image-making in medieval art Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. The Gothic idol: ideology and image-making in medieval art by Camille, Michael. Publication date TopicsUser Interaction Count:

By examining the theme of idol-worship in medieval art, this book reveals the ideological basis of paintings, statues, and manuscript illuminations that depict the worship of false gods in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. By showing that images of idolatry stood for those outside the Church - pagans, Muslims, Jews, heretics, homosexuals - Camille sheds new light on how medieval society. XXXII, Seiten: Illustrationen. Contents: Part 1 The gothic anti-image: idols and originals; idols of the pagans; idols of the saracens; idols of the Jews. Part 2: Gothics idols: idols in the church; idols in society; idols in the mind; idols as art. Series Title: Cambridge new art history and criticism. Michael Camille (), Mary L. Block Professor at the University of Chicago, was an influential, provocative scholar and historian of medieval art and specialist of the European Middle Ages.. In The New York Times obituary of Michael Camille, The New York Times writes, "Mr. Camille was noted for bringing contemporary critical theory and social perspectives to the study of medieval art.

In his first book, The Gothic Idol: Ideology and Image-Making in Medieval Art (New York: Cambridge University Press, ), Camille focused on the ”others” of the Middle Ages, studying representations of Jews, homosexuals, heretics, and Muslims through the theme of idolatry in medieval art. Camille continued to shed light on the edges of the medieval world, exploring the edges of the monastery, cathedral, court, and city through manuscripts and sculptures in Image on the Edge: The. The Gothic Idol: Ideology and Image-Making in Medieval Art (Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism) 1st Edition by Michael Camille (Author). By examining the theme of idol-worship in medieval art, this book reveals the ideological basis of paintings, statues and manuscript illuminations that depict the worship of false gods in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. By showing that images of idolatry stood for those outside the Church - pagans, Muslims, Jews, heretics, homosexuals - Camille sheds light on how.