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The Suffering Middle Ages

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The Suffering Middle Ages
39.99 €
Before you is the third, expanded gift edition of The Suffering Middle Ages. This book will explore how in Christian art the sacred was intertwined with the comic, the monstrous, or the obscene. It will not only be about the past, but also about how to read medieval imagery today. Where do monsters in monks' robes come from on the pages of Psalters and Books of Hours? Why were lovers depicted in obscene poses on the walls of temples? Why were Satan and Antichrist sometimes represented with halos as if they were saints? How did Christ become an allegory of the Philosopher's Stone in alchemical treatises? It is generally believed that the artist of that time acted within the strict framework set by the church canon, the will of the customer and ancient models. But in fact, medieval masters had room for visual experimentation with sacred subjects. Together we will find out where in medieval art the boundary between permissible laughter and sacrilege lay.
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