Flamboyant Architecture and Medieval Technicality (c. 1400-c. 1530): A Micro-History of the Rise of Artistic Consciousness at the End of Middle Ages: 12 - Brossura

Guillouet, Jean-marie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 2503577296 ISBN 13: 9782503577296

Casa editrice: Brepols Pub, 2019

Riassunto

This book seeks to further our understanding of the socio-genesis of artistic modernity by turning to micro-history. It explores a late-medieval decorative procedure that emerged and spread in northern and central France from the early fifteenth century to the start of the following century. Using the well-known miniature, the Building of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem from the fifteenth-century codex of Les Antiquites judaiques as a starting point, this study deals with architecture and technical knowledge of builders. This investigation unpacks and reveals many aspects of the technical and visual culture of late medieval craftsmen and artists. The virtuosic skills these artisans displayed are worthy of inclusion in the development of technical practices of Flamboyant Gothic architecture. They also reflect broader cultural and social configurations, which go far beyond the history of building. This micro-historical perspective on what can be called hyper-technical Gothic contributes to our appreciation of the role of technical mastery in establishing social hierarchies and artistic individuation processes during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern period.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Brepols Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 2503577296
• ISBN 13: 9782503577296
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile