Image and ornament in the Early Medieval West : new perspectives on Post-Roman art
Matthias Friedrich
Bok · Engelsk · 2023
| Omfang | xiv, 211 sider, 32 plater (upaginerte) : illustrasjoner, fotografi, kart
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: Rationale and Structure of the Book -- I Moving beyond Dichotomies -- One The Great Divide -- Problematising the 'Germanic' -- Germani in Antique Historiography -- Heilsbild -- Sacral kingship -- Retinue -- Romans and Barbarians -- Pagans Are the New Barbarians -- Two The Enduring Power of Images -- Gold Bracteates and 'Context Iconography' -- Transforming the Roman Imperial Image: The Niederdollendorf Stone -- The Reverse: Imag(in)ing Christ? -- Warrior Saints? Hornhausen, Hüfingen, Ennabeuren -- The Hüfingen Phalerae -- The Hornhausen Stones -- The Ennabeuren Reliquary -- Acclaiming the Dead: Vendel Helmets and the Trossingen Lyre -- Armed Figures -- The Trossingen Lyre -- Synopsis: The Power of Images in the Post-Roman West -- II New Perspectives -- Three Art, Archaeology, and Agency -- Art and Agency -- Relational Approaches -- Historical Agency: From Relations to Things as History -- Four The Bewilderment Principle: Ornament and Surface -- Lost in Classification? Approaching Animal Art -- National Historiographies and Animal Art -- Blurring the Boundaries: Early Medieval Art and varietas -- Variety and Early Medieval Material Culture -- Conclusion: varietas delectat. - "Scholarship often treats the post-Roman art produced in central and north-western Europe as representative of the pagan identities of the new 'Germanic' rulers of the early medieval world. In this book, Matthias Friedrich offers a critical reevaluation of the ethnic and religious categories of art that still inform our understanding of early medieval art and archaeology. He scrutinises early medieval visual culture by combining archaeological approaches with art historical methods based on contemporary theory. Friedrich examines the transformation of Roman imperial images, together with the contemporary, highly ornamented material culture that is epitomized by 'animal art.' Through a rigorous analysis of a range of objects, he demonstrates how these pathways produced an aesthetic that promoted variety (varietas), a cross-cultural concept that bridged the various ethnic and religious identities of post-Roman Europe and the Mediterranean worlds." -- Omslaget
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| ISBN | 9781009207775
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