The Diagram as Paradigm

Cross-Cultural Approaches

Jeffrey F. Hamburger, David J. Roxburgh, Linda Safran

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Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
07 October 2022

Series: Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia

The Diagram as Paradigm is the first book that looks at medieval diagrams in a cross-cultural perspective, focusing on three regions--Byzantium, the Islamicate world, and the Latin West--each culturally diverse and each closely linked to the others through complex processes of intellectual, artistic, diplomatic, and mercantile exchange.

The volume unites case studies, often of little-known material, by an international set of specialists, and is prefaced by four introductory essays that provide broad overviews of diagrammatic traditions in these regions in addition to considering the theoretical dimensions of diagramming. Among the historical disciplines whose use of diagrams is explored are philosophy, theology, mysticism, music, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, and cosmology. Despite the sheer variety, ingenuity, and visual inventiveness of diagrams from the premodern world, in conception and practical use they often share many similarities, both in construction and application. Diagrams prove to be an essential part of the fabric of premodern intellectual, scientific, religious, artistic, and artisanal life.

Edited by: Jeffrey F. Hamburger, David J. Roxburgh, Linda Safran
Imprint: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 39mm
Weight: 2.046kg
ISBN: 9780884024866
ISBN 10: 0884024865
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia
Pages: 574
Publication Date: 07 October 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeffrey F. Hamburger is Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University. David J. Roxburgh is Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University. Linda Safran is Associate Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto.