Confronting the borders of medieval art / [edited by] Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen and Linda Safran.

This volume approaches the problem of the canonical “center” by looking at art and architecture on the borders of the medieval world, from China to Armenia, Sweden, and Spain. Seven contributors engage three distinct yet related problems: margins, frontiers, and cross-cultural encounters. While not...

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Year of Publication:2011
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (246 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Jill Caskey , Adam S. Cohen and Linda Safran
  • Articles Jewish Art and Cultural Exchange: / Katrin Kogman-Appel
  • Towers, Birds and Divine Light:The Contested Territory of Nasrid and “Mudéjar” Ornament / Cynthia Robinson
  • Stuccoes from the Early Norman Period in Sicily: / Jill Caskey
  • Khiḍr and the Changing Frontiers of the Medieval World / Ethel Sara Wolper
  • Locating Armenia / Christina Maranci
  • The Far Side: Expatriate Medieval Art and Its Languages in Sino-Mongol China / Jennifer Purtle
  • Would There Have Been Gothic Art Without the Vikings? The Contribution of Scandinavian Medieval Art / Nancy L. Wicker.