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Visual Culture and the German Middle Ages
K. Starkey
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This multi-disciplinary collection of essays draws on various theoretical approaches to explore the highly visual nature of the Middle Ages and expose new facets of old texts and artefacts. The term 'visual culture' has been used in recent years to refer to modern media theory, film, modern art and other contemporary representational forms and functions. But this emphasis on visuality is not only a modern phenomenon. Discourses on visual processes pervade the works of medieval secular poets, theologians, and scholastics alike. The Middle Ages was a highly visual society in which images, objects, and performance played a dominant communicative and ... Read more
This multi-disciplinary collection of essays draws on various theoretical approaches to explore the highly visual nature of the Middle Ages and expose new facets of old texts and artefacts. The term 'visual culture' has been used in recent years to refer to modern media theory, film, modern art and other contemporary representational forms and functions. But this emphasis on visuality is not only a modern phenomenon. Discourses on visual processes pervade the works of medieval secular poets, theologians, and scholastics alike. The Middle Ages was a highly visual society in which images, objects, and performance played a dominant communicative and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
302
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Series
New Middle Ages
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403964441
SKU
V9781403964441
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Ref
99-15
About K. Starkey
KATHRYN STARKEY is Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina, USA.
Reviews for Visual Culture and the German Middle Ages
'Together, these essays give an excellent overview of the state of the art by sampling these scholars' main concerns. They furnish proof that work on the German Middle Ages has much to offer to cultural studies as a whole.' - Times Literary Supplement 'This collection of essays...ought to play an important part in bridge-building between European and ... Read more