Abstraction in Medieval Art: Beyond the Ornament

By: Elina Gertsman

Abstraction haunts medieval art, both withdrawing figuration and suggesting elusive presence. How does it make or destroy meaning in the process? Does it suggest the failure of figuration, the faltering of iconography? Does medieval abstraction function because it is imperfect, incomplete, and uncorrected-and therefore cognitively, visually demanding? Is it, conversely, precisely about perfection? To what extent is the abstract predicated on theorization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9462989893
• ISBN13: 9789462989894
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.5"