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The end of time preoccupied medieval artists particularly around the portentous dates of 800 and 1000. This detailed and annotated study of early medieval art, especially Carolingian, Ottonian and Anglo-Saxon illuminated manuscripts and carvings, searches for this expectation of the Apocalypse in motifs and symbols. Kuehnel reveals examples of scientific diagrams in Biblical art and identifies other meanings for the cross, circles and squares. The study, which is fully-referenced to the colour and black and white photographs that can be found at the end, also explores the links between early medieval Christianity, mathematics and science.
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Bianca Kuhnel ist Jack Cotton Professorin fur Architektur und Kunstgeschichte an der Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Ihr Forschungsschwerpunkt liegt im judisch-christlichen Zusammenhang mittelalterlicher Ikonographie und in Kunst und Architektur des Heiligen Landes. Die Publikation, die in englischer Sprache erscheint, wird von der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung gefordert.
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- PublisherSchnell & Steiner GmbH, Verlag
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 3795415055
- ISBN 13 9783795415051
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages216
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The study is based on a multidisciplinary approach from the perspective of science, religion and art. Biblical and scientific approaches - namely computistics and astronomy - are juxtaposed. By contrasting pictorial representations, written interpretations and historical facts, it becomes convincingly clear how strongly scientific representations and biblical iconography have influenced each other. Medieval scribes and illuminators did not separate these two genres.In the course of recent research, the work shows that Isidore of Seville, Beda Venerabilis or Alcuin were extremely important mediators of ancient cosmological knowledge for the modern world and that Christian authors have made lasting and still relevant contributions in the scientific field. One of these fields is computistics, originally the calculation of the exact date of Easter, in a broader sense the calculation of time.The spiritual nature of medieval science is extremely valuable for the comparison of science and art against the background of the main messages of the Christian faith. This work is the first to systematically describe the significance of the so-called Schematisms for the interpretation of medieval art, beginning in the Carolingian period and spanning a period of 300 years. Previously unknown illuminations are included in the analysis. The work convincingly illustrates the close interweaving of iconography - formed by schematic representations - and eschatology. Time and its end are among the fundamental questions of humanity. The fascinating but also terrifying anticipation of the end has repeatedly caused people to try to determine the time of its arrival. This volume pioneers the analysis of apocalyptic expectations in medieval Europe between 800 and 1000. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9783795415051
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