Theophilus and the Theory and Practice of Medieval Art
Seiten
2017
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-07715-4 (ISBN)
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-07715-4 (ISBN)
Explores Theophilus’ On Diverse Arts, a twelfth-century treatise on artistic techniques. Examines the system of values according to which medieval artists operated and created art objects.
In this study of the rare twelfth-century treatise On Diverse Arts, Heidi C. Gearhart explores the unique system of values that guided artists of the High Middle Ages as they created their works.
Written in northern Germany by a monk known only by the pseudonym Theophilus, On Diverse Arts is the only known complete tract on art to survive from the period. It contains three books, each with a richly religious prologue, describing the arts of painting, glass, and metalwork. Gearhart places this one-of-a-kind treatise in context alongside works by other monastic and literary thinkers of the time and presents a new reading of the text itself. Examining the earliest manuscripts, she reveals a carefully ordered, sophisticated work that aligns the making of art with the virtues of a spiritual life. On Diverse Arts, Gearhart shows, articulated a distinctly medieval theory of art that accounted for the entire process of production—from thought and preparation to the acquisition of material, the execution of work, the creation of form, and the practice of seeing.
An important new perspective on one of the most significant texts in art history and the first study of its kind available in English, Theophilus and the Theory and Practice of Medieval Art provides fresh insight into the principles and values of medieval art making. Scholars of art history, medieval studies, and Christianity will find Gearhart’s book especially edifying and valuable.
In this study of the rare twelfth-century treatise On Diverse Arts, Heidi C. Gearhart explores the unique system of values that guided artists of the High Middle Ages as they created their works.
Written in northern Germany by a monk known only by the pseudonym Theophilus, On Diverse Arts is the only known complete tract on art to survive from the period. It contains three books, each with a richly religious prologue, describing the arts of painting, glass, and metalwork. Gearhart places this one-of-a-kind treatise in context alongside works by other monastic and literary thinkers of the time and presents a new reading of the text itself. Examining the earliest manuscripts, she reveals a carefully ordered, sophisticated work that aligns the making of art with the virtues of a spiritual life. On Diverse Arts, Gearhart shows, articulated a distinctly medieval theory of art that accounted for the entire process of production—from thought and preparation to the acquisition of material, the execution of work, the creation of form, and the practice of seeing.
An important new perspective on one of the most significant texts in art history and the first study of its kind available in English, Theophilus and the Theory and Practice of Medieval Art provides fresh insight into the principles and values of medieval art making. Scholars of art history, medieval studies, and Christianity will find Gearhart’s book especially edifying and valuable.
Heidi C. Gearhart is Assistant Professor of Art History at Assumption College.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1Pedagogy and Exegesis
2The Transformation of Matter
3Monastic Labor and Craft
4The Display of Skill
Conclusion: The Practice of Seeing
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.05.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Maps; 30 Halftones, color; 37 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | University Park |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 203 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1157 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-271-07715-8 / 0271077158 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-271-07715-4 / 9780271077154 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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