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Product Identifiers
PublisherReaktion Books, The Limited
ISBN-100948462280
ISBN-139780948462283
eBay Product ID (ePID)1981956
Product Key Features
Number of Pages176 Pages
Publication NameImage on the Edge : the Margins of Medieval Art
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
SubjectGeneral, History / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorMichael Camille
Subject AreaArt
SeriesEssays in Art and Culture Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight15.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
ReviewsIf the study of medieval art is not to remain an esoteric and elitist discipline then more books like this must be written., Looking at medieval manuscripts more and more closely, peering with pleasure into the borders of bunnies and monkeys, whether we seek deliberate smut or idle whimsy, it makes Image on the Edge well worth reading. It is an entirely diverting and unusual book., Camille's polymathic essays undoubtedly will provoke such studies and will expand the field of questions we ask . . . and in this he will have made a valuable contribution., This is an interesting book that will make the reader examine manuscripts and sculpture more carefully and understand the Middle Ages more comprehensively. . . . It is a book that will broaden your idea of medieval art in an enjoyable way., A handsome, entertaining account of the peculiar fashion for grotesque, obscene, and humorous presences on the margins of medieval illuminated manuscripts.
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal709.02
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Preface 1. Making Margins 2. In the Margins of the Monastery 3. In the Margins of the Cathedral 4. In the Margins of the Court 5. In the Margins of the City 6. The End of the Edge References Bibliography List of Illustrations
SynopsisWhat do they all mean - the lascivious ape, autophagic dragons, pot-bellied heads, harp-playing asses, arse-kissing priests and somersaulting jongleurs to be found protruding from the edges of medieval buildings and in the margins of illuminated manuscripts? Michael Camille explores that riotous realm of marginal art, so often explained away as mere decoration or zany doodles, where resistance to social constraints flourished. Medieval image-makers focused attention on the underside of society, the excluded and the ejected. Peasants, servants, prostitutes and beggars all found their place, along with knights and clerics, engaged in impudent antics in the margins of prayer-books or, as gargoyles, on the outsides of churches. Camille brings us to an understanding of how marginality functioned in medieval culture and shows us just how scandalous, subversive, and amazing the art of the time could be., What do they all mean - the lascivious ape, autophagic dragons, pot-bellied heads, harp-playing asses, arse-kissing priests and somersaulting jongleurs to be found protuding from the edges of medieval buildings and in the margins of illuminated manuscripts? Michael Camille explores that riotous realm of marginal art, so often explained away as mere decoration or zany doodles, where resistance to social constraints flourished. Medieval image-makers focused attention on the underside of society, the excluded and the ejected. Peasants, servants, prostitutes and beggars all found their place, along with knights and clerics, engaged in impudent antics in the margins of prayer-books or, as gargoyles, on the outsides of churches. Camille brings us to an understanding of how marginality functioned in medieval culture and shows us just how scandalous, subversive and amazing the art of the time could be., Explores the riotous realm of marginal art to be found protuding from the edges of medieval buildings and in the margins of manuscripts.
