From an intercultural perspective, this book focuses on aesthetic strategies and forms of representation in premodern Christian and Islamic sepulchral...
It has long been an accepted assumption that the abstracted mode of visual representation that emerged in late antiquity reflected a collective shift...
St William of York achieved the unique distinction of being elected archbishop of York twice and being canonised twice. Principally famous for his...
Misericord carvings present a fascinating corpus of medieval art which, in turn, complements our knowledge of life and belief in the late middle ages...
Representations of monsters and the monstrous are common in medieval art and architecture, from the grotesques in the borders of illuminated...
Between the reign of Alfred in the late ninth century and the arrival of the Normans in 1066, a unique set of images of kingship and queenship was...
The heart is an iconic symbol in the medieval and early modern European world. In addition to being a physical organ, it is a key conceptual device...