Monsters possess transformative powers, rendering them at once profoundly dangerous and utterly fascinating. They play an important role throughout the history of Western civilization. Medieval Monsters explores the cultural importance and rich variety of monstrosities in the art of the Middle Ages, with examples drawn from the Morgan Library & Museum’s renowned collection of illuminated manuscripts. While presenting a lively array of strange beauties and frightful anomalies—demons and dragons, centaurs and unicorns, giants and grotesque hybrids—the authors reveal how monsters played a central role in medieval societies, and still inspire us to marvel today.
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A great visual exploration of our enduring fascination with the fantasy world.
Director’s Foreword by Colin B. Bailey; Preface by China Miéville; Introduction: Why Look At Monsters?; Terrors; Aliens; Wonders; Exhibition Checklist; Works Cited in Abbreviated Form; Guide to Further Reading; Acknowledgments; Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781911282181
Publisert
2018-06-12
Utgiver
Vendor
D Giles Ltd
Høyde
279 mm
Bredde
229 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
184

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Biographical note

Sherry C. M. Lindquist is associate professor of Art History at Western Illinois University. Asa Simon Mittman is professor of Art History at California State University in Chico. China Tom Miéville, FRSL is an author, comic writer, political activist, and academic.