Apocalypse Illuminated: The Visual Exegesis of Revelation in Medieval Illustrated Manuscripts
- 作者
- 出版社 Pennsylvania State University Press
- 出版时间 2018年3月
- ISBN 0271078650 或 9780271078656
- 定价 720.00
内容简介
Withitsrichsymbolism,complexnarrative,andstunningimagery,theApocalypse,orRevelationofJohn,isarguablythemostmemorablebookintheChristianBible.InApocalypseIlluminated,RichardEmmersonexploreshowthisstrikingvisionarytextisrepresentedacrosssevencenturiesofmedievalillustrations.Focusingontwenty-fiveofthemostrenownedillustratedApocalypsemanuscripts,fromtheearliestextantCarolingianonesproducedintheninthcenturytothedeluxeApocalypsemadeforthedukesofSavoyandcompletedin1490,Emmersonexaminesnotonlyhowtheyillustratethebiblicaltext,butalsohowtheyinterpretitforspecificandincreasinglydiverseaudiences.HediscusseswhatthisimageryshowsusaboutexpectationsfortheApocalypseastheyear1000approached,itsrelationshiptoSpanishmonasticismontheChristian-Muslimfrontierandtothirteenth-centuryJoachimistpropheticbeliefs,andthepolemicalreinterpretationsofRevelationthataroseattheendoftheMiddleAges.Theresultingstudyincludeshistoricalandstylisticcomparisons,highlightsinnovativefeatures,andtracesiconographiccontinuitiesovertime,includingtherecurringapocalypticpatterns,events,figures,andmotifsthatcharacterizeApocalypseillustrationsthroughouttheMiddleAges.Gorgeouslyillustratedandwritteninlivelyandaccessibleprose,thisisamasterfulanalysisofoversevenhundredyearsofApocalypsemanuscriptsbyoneofthemostpreeminentscholarsofmedievalapocalypticism.
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