Imaging Aristotle: Verbal and Visual Representation in Fourteenth-Century France - Rilegato

Sherman, Claire Richter

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0520083334 ISBN 13: 9780520083332

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 1995

Riassunto

Nicole Oresme's translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, andEconomics into French from Latin in the 1370s is the subject of Claire Sherman's stunningly illustrated book. Though both the text translations and their images have been studied separately, this is the first time they are published in their entirety and considered together.

Intended for an audience of Charles V, his counselors, and high-ranking lay people, these manuscripts are significant for their linguistic and political implications, for moving Aristotle's work beyond clerical and university boundaries, and for reflecting the dynamics of monarchic control of French language and culture. Sherman shows the importance of Oresme's role as translator and book designer. She also explores the gender and class representations in the imagery, relating them not only to the views of Oresme and his audience but also to the contemporary secular culture.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Claire Richter Sherman is Emeritus Project Head of Sponsored Research in the History of Art at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art. She has published widely in medieval art and lectures throughout the United States and Europe.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

"A truly outstanding and distinguished work. . . . Sherman breaks important new ground in her exploration of the illustrated manuscripts as cultural artifacts and cognitive structures."Suzanne Lewis, author ofThe Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora

"A superior analysis of little-known material. . . . Sherman's analysis of text and image is one of the most sophisticated that I have read in recent years."Anne D. Hedeman, author ofThe Royal Image

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0520083334
• ISBN 13: 9780520083332
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 444
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile