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The Lives and Afterlives of Medieval Iconography

The Lives and Afterlives of Medieval Iconography

Patton, Pamela A.
Schilb, Henry D.

Hardcover

Series: Signa: Papers of the Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University, Book 1

Art Criticism & TheoryArt HistoryGeneral Art

ISBN10: 0271086211
ISBN13: 9780271086217
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: Feb 1 2021
Pages: 216
Weight: 2.42
Height: 1.10 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.10
Language: English

What does the study of iconography entail for scholars active today? How does it intersect with the broad array of methodological and theoretical approaches now at the disposal of art historians? Should we still dare to use the term iconography to describe such work?

The seven essays collected here argue that we should. Their authors set out to evaluate the continuing relevance of iconographic studies to current art-historical scholarship by exploring the fluidity of iconography itself over broad spans of time, place, and culture. These wide-ranging case studies take a diverse set of approaches as they track the transformation of medieval images and their meanings along their respective paths, exploring how medieval iconographies remained stable or changed; how images were reconceived in response to new contexts, ideas, or viewerships; and how modern thinking about medieval images--including the application or rejection of traditional methodologies--has shaped our understanding of what they signify. These essays demonstrate that iconographic work still holds a critical place within the rapidly evolving discipline of art history as well as within the many other disciplines that increasingly prioritize the study of images.

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