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Theophilus and the Theory and Practice of Medieval Art

  • ISBN-13: 9780271077154
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Heidi C. Gearhart
  • Price: AUD $206.00
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  • Local release date: 14/07/2017
  • Format: Hardback 236 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Photography & photographs [AJ]
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Explores Theophilus’ On Diverse Arts, a twelfth-century treatise on artistic techniques. Examines the system of values according to which medieval artists operated and created art objects.


Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Pedagogy and Exegesis

2 The Transformation of Matter

3 Monastic Labor and Craft

4 The Display of Skill

Conclusion: The Practice of Seeing

Notes

Bibliography

Index


“The key contribution of [Gearhart’s] study is to show how the treatise is much more learned than was previously thought while also deeply concerned with technical and practical matters.”

—Daniela Krupp, Burlington Magazine

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