The "Things of Greater Importance" : : Bernard of Clairvaux's "Apologia" and the Medieval Attitude Toward Art /

The "Things of Greater Importance" : : Bernard of Clairvaux's "Apologia" and the Medieval Attitude Toward Art / / Conrad Rudolph.

The "Things of Greater Importance" provides a close look into the social and cultural context of medieval art, primarily as expressed in Bernard of Clairvaux's Apologia, the central document in the greatest artistic controversy to occur in the West prior to the Reformation and the mos...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
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Rudolph, Conrad,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
©1990
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (404 p.) :; 36 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The "Things of Greater Importance"
  • 3. The Apologia and the Art of the Orders of Cluny and Citeaux
  • 4. To Whom the Apologia Was Addressed
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. The Origin of the Apologia
  • Appendix 2. The Text and Translation of the Apologia With Art Historical Commentary
  • Bibliography
  • Illustrations
  • Index

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