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This book addresses the status and relevance of iconography and iconology in the contemporary scholarly study of medieval art. There is a widespread tendency among art historians today to regard the study of iconography and iconology in the tradition of Erwin Panofsky as an outmoded and trivial pursuit. Nonetheless, Panofsky’s three-level interpretative model sits firmly in the methodological toolkit of art history and remains a common point of reference among adherents and adversaries alike. Iconography and iconology demand to be taken seriously as a feature of continued praxis in the discipline. The book contains a collection of essays on the validity of various approaches toward the interpretation of meaning in medieval art today. These essays either demonstrate the continued usefulness of iconography and iconology as analytical strategies, or propose alternative approaches to the investigation of meaning in the art of the Middle Ages.

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Author:   Lena Eva Liepe
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter Mouton
Weight:   0.781kg
ISBN:  

9781580443432

ISBN 10:   1580443435
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   14 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction by Lena Liepe Part 1. Methodological Issues Preface by Lena Liepe The Study of Iconography and Iconology of Medieval Art: A Historiographic Survey by Lena Liepe Panopticon of Art History: Some Notes on Iconology, Interpretation, and Fears by Elina Räsänen Iconography and Anthropology: A Re-Evaluation of the Panofskian Model with an Anthropological Perspective by Søren Kaspersen Visual Metaphors, Reinforcing Attributes, and Panofsky’s Primary Level of Interpretation by Jan von Bonsdorff The Image as Contact Medium: Mediation, Multimodality, and Haptics in Medieval Imagery by Hans Henrik Lohfert Jørgensen Part 2. Case Studies   Preface by Lena Liepe Understanding Islamic Features in Norwegian Romanesque Architecture by Kjartan Hauglid Looking at the Ladies: An Intervisual Approach to the Portraits of Jeanne de France, the Virgin, and St. Anne in the Lamoignon Hours (ca. 1415) by Ragnhild Bø Iconography and Visions: St. Birgitta’s Revelation of the Nativity of Christ by Maria H. Oen

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