The Living Image in the Middle Ages and Beyond: Theoretical and Historical Approaches

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Kamil Kopania (A. Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art, Poland) Henning Laugerud (University of Bergen, Norway)

The Living Image in the Middle Ages and Beyond

Theoretical and Historical Approaches

Kamil Kopania (A. Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art, Poland), Henning Laugerud (University of Bergen, Norway), Zuzanna Sarnecka (University of Warsaw, Poland)

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Routledge
25 February 2025

History of Art & Design Styles; Theatre Studies; Puppetry, miniature & toy theatre; Archaeological theory; History of religion

Series: Routledge Research in Art History

This edited volume discusses images that bleed, speak, cry, move, and behave in ways we usually attribute to living creatures.

Living images have been the object of devotion as well as targets of destruction, and they have been marginalised in both culture and cultural studies for their ambivalence as well as their transgressive nature. But what is it that makes images the loci of such powerful properties? The present volume is an attempt to recuperate the living image, draw it from the margins, and re-illuminate its importance for cultural history. The title of this book reflects the ambition of the contributions to navigate between the Middle Ages of the past and the Middle Ages of the present. Our aim is to provide new theoretical reflections and methodologies concerning the study of material agency and “living images” both historically and today. The chapters include close examination of surviving objects and archival research, as well as theoretical reflections, and span chronologically and geographically across Europe from North to South, medieval to modern.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, medieval studies, material culture, theatre studies, and religious history.

Edited by: Kamil Kopania (A. Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art Poland), Henning Laugerud (University of Bergen, Norway), Zuzanna Sarnecka (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 607g
ISBN: 9781032701073
ISBN 10: 1032701072
Series: Routledge Research in Art History
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 25 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kamil Kopania is Assistant Professor at the A. Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, Poland. Henning Laugerud is Professor at the University of Bergen, Norway. Zuzanna Sarnecka is SNSF Ambizione Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Art History at the University of Bern, Switzerland.