Word, Picture, and Spectacle
Papers by Karl P. Wentersdorf, Roger Ellis, Clifford Davidson, and R. W. Hanning
Edited by Clifford Davidson
Hardback (Out of print)
(July 1984)
ISBN: 9780918720511
6.14 x 9.21 inches
Price: $19.95
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Essays addressing issues in the study of medieval art, literature, and drama. The topics covered include scatological illustration in Gothic manuscripts, connections between word and picture in religious art, perceived relationship between divine and human creativity and an exploration in the phenomenology of space and time in medieval theater.
Each of these diverse essays confronts important issues in the study of medieval art, literature, and drama. The topics covered include the symbolism of scatological illustration in Gothic manuscripts (Karl Wentersdorf), connections between word and picture in religious art (Roger Ellis), and the relationship perceived between divine and human creativity (R. W. Hanning), while Clifford Davidson provides an exploration in the phenomenology of space and time in medieval theater.
Preface The Symbolic Significance of Figurae Scatologicae in Gothic Manuscripts by Karl P. Wentersdorf The Word in Religious Art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by Roger Ellis Space and Time in Medieval Drama: Meditations on Orientation in the Early Theater by Clifford Davidson Ut enim faber...sic creator: Divine Creation as Context for Human Creativity in the Twelfth Century by R. W. Hanning, Preface
The Symbolic Significance of Figurae Scatologicae in Gothic Manuscripts by Karl P. Wentersdorf
The Word in Religious Art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by Roger Ellis
Space and Time in Medieval Drama: Meditations on Orientation in the Early Theater by Clifford Davidson
“Ut enim faber...sic creator”: Divine Creation as Context for Human Creativity in the Twelfth Century by R. W. Hanning
- Edited by Clifford Davidson
Other Titles in this Series
The Monophonic Lauda and the Lay Religious Confraternities of Tuscany and Umbria in the Late Middle Ages
Shakespeare’s Play within Play
Medieval Imagery and Scenic Form in "Hamlet," "Othello," and "King Lear"
Drama and Art
An Introduction to the Use of Evidence from the Visual Arts for the Study of Early Drama
Crossing the Boundaries
Christian Piety and the Arts in Italian Medieval and Renaissance Confraternities
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