Flamboyant architecture and medieval technicality (c. 1400-c. 1530) : a micro-history of the rise of artistic consciousness at the end of Middle Ages
This book seeks to further our understanding of the socio-genesis of artistic modernity by turning to micro-history. It explores a late-medieval decorative procedure that emerged and spread in northern and central France from the early fifteenth century to the start of the following century. Using t...
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| Document Type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Turnhout, Belgium
: Brepols
, [2019]
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| Series: | Architectura medii aevi
vol. 12 |
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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[Rezension von: Jean-Marie Guillouët, Flamboyant architecture and medieval technicality. The rise of artistic consciousness at the end of Middle Ages (c. 1400 - c. 1530)] |
| Author Notes: | Jean-Marie Guillouët ; translation: Jane MacAvock |
| Summary: | This book seeks to further our understanding of the socio-genesis of artistic modernity by turning to micro-history. It explores a late-medieval decorative procedure that emerged and spread in northern and central France from the early fifteenth century to the start of the following century. Using the well-known miniature, the Building of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem from the fifteenth-century codex of Les Antiquités judaïques as a starting point, this studydeals with architecture and technical knowledge of builders. This investigation unpacks and reveals many aspects of the technical and visual culture of late medieval craftsmen and artists. The virtuosic skills these artisans displayed are worthy of inclusion in the development of technical practices of Flamboyant Gothic architecture. They also reflect broader cultural and social configurations, which go far beyond the history of building. This micro-historical perspective on what can be called "hyper-technical" Gothic contributes to our appreciation of the role of technical mastery in establishing social hierarchies and artistic individuation processes during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern period |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 141-164 |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 200 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9782503577296 2503577296 |
