Shades of Meaning: Shadows in Medieval Manuscript Illumination /

Shades of Meaning: Shadows in Medieval Manuscript Illumination /

Are there shadows in medieval art? Studies on the role of shadows in art history have either glanced over or ignored the medieval period, yet people of the Middle Ages certainly saw and thought about shadows and recorded their ideas about these phenomena in texts and images. This book examines refer...

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Main Author: DeLuca, Dominique (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.

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Art History.
Literature and Cultural Studies.

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Call Number: N5305

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Figures
  • Notes on Permissions
  • 1 An Introduction to Medieval Shadows
  • 2 The Medieval Language of Shadows
  • 3 Shadows as Extensions of People and Power
  • 4 Shadows as Liminal Borders and Gateways
  • 5 Supernatural Shadows
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.