Research Catalog

Title

Faces of power & piety / Erik Inglis.

Author

Inglis, Erik.

Publication

Los Angeles, Calif. : J. Paul Getty Museum ; London : British Library, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• J. Paul Getty Museum
• British Library

Description

vii, 88 p. : col. ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The faces featured in this volume reveal that portraits of the Middle Ages nearly inverted modern expectations. Instead of the subjects' physical appearance, medieval artists emphasized their power and piety, capturing not a single moment but how they wished to be remembered for the ages. This book looks in detail at portraits of illustrious historical figures as well as those of celebrated contemporaries."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Medieval imagination

Uniform Title

Medieval imagination.

Alternative Title

Faces of power and piety

Subject

• Geschichte 1000-1500
• Geschichte 1000-1500
• Portraits, Medieval
• Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
• Face in art

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 86).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: What is a likeness? -- Likeness & identity : the evolution of medieval portraiture. Symbols of rank and glory : the early middle ages ; The individual portrayed : the later middle ages and renaissance -- Portraits of the past. Christ -- Miraculous portraits -- Saints -- Writers -- A writer in focus : Giovanni Boccaccio -- Portraits of the present. Donors -- Coats of arms -- Owners -- An owner in focus : Simon de Varie -- Epilogue: Portraiture, memory, and pride.

ISBN

• 9780892369300 (hardcover)
• 0892369302 (hardcover)

LCCN

^^2008005636

OCLC

• 192045641
• SCSB-12056123

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library