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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521621305
ISBN-139780521621304
eBay Product ID (ePID)806789
Product Key Features
Number of Pages296 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameArt and Crusade in the Age of St. Louis
SubjectRoyalty, Book, Art & Politics, General, History / Medieval, Subjects & Themes / Religious, History / General
Publication Year1998
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaDesign, Art, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDaniel Weiss
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight35.9 Oz
Item Length10.3 in
Item Width7.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-032150
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal709/.44/09021
Table Of ContentIntroduction; Part I. Structuring the Ideal: The Sainte-Chapelle in Paris: 1. A new holy land; 2. The revelation of a Capetian cosmology; 3. Solomonic kingship and the new temple; 4. The opportunity of the Crusade; Part II. Recording the Experience: The Arsenal Old Testament and the Holy Land: 5. The historical moment; 6. The production of the cycle; 7. Pictorial langauge in Crusader painting; 8. The search for meaning: Biblical history and the ideological paradox.
SynopsisThe reign of Louis IX of France is widely recognized as one of the most important in the history of medieval France. Art and the Crusade in the Age of St. Louis examines the art patronage of the French king during the formative period of his reign. Focusing on the Sainte-Chapelle (the palace chapel and reliquary constructed in Paris) and the Arsenal Old Testament (an illuminated Bible made to commemorate the king's disastrous crusade to the Holy Land). Daniel Weiss examines these works within their social, political, and religious contexts. This study offers a new perspective on the meaning of art during a defining moment in the history of medieval France and, more generally, thirteenth-century society in the East and West., Art and the Crusade in the Age of St. Louis examines the art patronage of the French king during the formative period of his reign. In the process, it describes the interaction between the art of Gothic Paris and that of the Crusader Holy Land.
LC Classification NumberN6843 .W45 1998
