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The medieval body

Title

The medieval body / authors, Matthew Reeves & Jana Gajdošová.

Author

Reeves, Matthew (Art historian)

Publication

London : Sam Fogg ; [New York] : Luhring Augustine, [2021]
©2021

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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color); 27 cm

Summary

This fascinating and richly illustrated book accompanies The Medieval Body, the third in a series of vanguard exhibitions that places medieval masterpieces within a contemporary context.0The title of the exhibition refers to both a literal thread of figuration that runs throughout the works in the presentation, as well as the complex and often shifting symbolism of the human body in the medieval period. For thinkers and artists of that time, the human body served as a rich source of religious and philosophical significance, one that was in a constant state of flux between idealism and0disfigurement. While the early Middle Ages reserved representations of suffering bodies to the margins of their world, the later Middle Ages displayed wounded bodies in the most central spaces of public life. The crucified body of Christ and the wounded bodies of saints assumed important positions as they were displayed on altars, in processions, and on the exteriors of churches.0The Medieval Body tells a unique story about the human form as both a physical entity and a recognizable metaphor. Presenting works spanning the course of a thousand years, this exhibition offers insight into the body as an essential imagemaking tool with far-reaching implications for the development of art in the European Middle Ages. Exhibition: Luhring Augustine, New York, USA (21.01.-12.03.2022).

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Exhibition catalogs.

Note

"Published to accompany an exhibition by Sam Fogg Ltd, 15D Clifford Street, London ... The exhibition held at Luhring Augustine, 531 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011, 21 January-12 March 2022"--Page opposite title page

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Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

N5975

ISBN

9781739885007
1739885007
9780955339387
0955339383

OCLC

1301942285
on1301942285
SCSB-14517598

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries