The Long Lives of Medieval Art and Architecture

Jennifer M. Feltman, Sarah Thompson

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Routledge
19 March 2019

History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art; History of architecture; Medieval history; Social & cultural history

Series: AVISTA Studies in the History of Medieval Technology, Science and Art

Traditional histories of medieval art and architecture often privilege the moment of a work’s creation, yet surviving works designated as ""medieval"" have long and expansive lives. Many have extended prehistories emerging from their sites and contexts of creation, and most have undergone a variety of interventions, including adaptations and restorations, since coming into being. The lives of these works have been further extended through historiography, museum exhibitions, and digital media. Inspired by the literary category of biography and the methods of longue durée historians, the introduction and seventeen chapters of this volume provide an extended meditation on the longevity of medieval works of art and the aspect of time as a factor in shaping our interpretations of them. While the metaphor of ""lives"" invokes associations with the origin of the discipline of art history, focus is shifted away from temporal constraints of a single human lifespan or generation to consider the continued lives of medieval works even into our present moment. Chapters on works from the modern countries of Italy, France, England, Spain, and Germany are drawn together here by the thematic threads of essence and continuity, transformation, memory and oblivion, and restoration. Together, they tell an object-oriented history of art and architecture that is necessarily entangled with numerous individuals and institutions.

Edited by: Jennifer M. Feltman, Sarah Thompson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 12
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 734g
ISBN: 9780815396734
ISBN 10: 0815396732
Series: AVISTA Studies in the History of Medieval Technology, Science and Art
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 19 March 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jennifer M. Feltman is a specialist in the art and architecture of twelfth- and thirteenth-century Europe. She has published on the Last Judgment programs at the cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, and Lincoln and is editor and contributor to The North Transept of Reims Cathedral: Design, Construction, and Visual Programs (Routledge, 2016). She is Assistant Professor of Medieval Art and Architecture at The University of Alabama, USA. Sarah Thompson is an art historian focusing on Gothic architecture. Her research has addressed the concept of Gothic as a stylistic category, and she has published on medieval architectural design process and on the functions of Gothic ruins. Her current book project, Picturing Gothic, analyzes the post-medieval visual representation of Gothic architecture. She is Associate Professor of Art History at the Rochester Institute of Technology, USA.

Reviews for The Long Lives of Medieval Art and Architecture

'The editors have gathered together wide-ranging articles, authored by 17 recent and seasoned scholars who examine buildings, sculpture, paintings, metal-work, the sumptuous arts, and book illumination, all grounded in the European Middle Ages ... this thought-provoking anthology reminds us of the inherent value of diachronic analysis' - Speculum, 96/1.