Animals in Art and Thought: To the End of the Middle Ages

ISBN-13: 9780367206437 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 608 str.

Francis Klingender; Evelyn Antal; John P. Harthan

Opis

Originally published in 1971 Animals in Art and Thought discusses the ways in which animals have been used by man in art and literature. The book discusses these various attitudes in a survey which ranges from prehistoric cave art to the later Middle Ages.

Spis treści

Editor’s Foreword and Acknowledgements  Author’s Preface  Photographic Acknowledgements  Part I: The Ancient World  1. The Hunter’s Art and Mythology  2. Animal Art in the Ancient Near East  3. Animal Art in Civilizations of Greece and Rome  4. Barbaric Animal Styles  Part II: The Early Middle Ages  5. The Carolingian Renaissance  6. Late Anglo-Saxon Animal Art: The ‘Caedmon’ and ‘Aelfric’ Manuscripts  7. Germany, France and Spain c. 950-1050; the Apocalyptic Tradition  8. Byzantium and Italy  9. Romanesque and Early Gothic Animal Art  Part III: The Later Middle Ages  10. The Scientific Revival and the Beast Fables  11. English Animal Art of the Later Middle Ages  12. Continental Animal Art of the Later Middle Ages  Epilogue  Notes  Bibliography  General Index  Index of Animals

O autorze

Antal, Evelyn ; Harthan, John P