{"product_id":"the-cross-the-gospels-and-the-work-of-art-in-the-carolingian-age-hardback-9781108428811","title":"The Cross, the Gospels, and the Work of Art in the Carolingian Age (Hardback) 9781108428811","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cross, the Gospels, and the Work of Art in the Carolingian Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe book explores the power of representation in the Carolingian period, arguing that people used images to assert the value of artworks.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBeatrice E. Kitzinger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108428811, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 April 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e322 pages, 148 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e26.2 x 18.5 x 2.1 cm, 0.98 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This active component of the iconography is well articulated throughout Kitzinger's scholarly volume.' Eric Ramírez-Weaver, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this book, Beatrice E. Kitzinger explores the power of representation in the Carolingian period, demonstrating how images were used to assert the value and efficacy of art works. She focuses on the cross, Christianity's central sign, which simultaneously commemorates sacred history, functions in the present, and prepares for the end of time. It is well recognized that the visual attributes of the cross were designed to communicate its theology relative to history and eschatology; Kitzinger argues that early medieval artists also developed a formal language to articulate its efficacious powers in the present day. Defined through form and text as the sign of the present, the image of the cross articulated the instrumentality of religious objects and built spaces. Whereas medieval and modern scholars have pondered the theological problems posed by representation, Kitzinger here proposes a visual argument that affirms the self-reflexive value of art works in the early medieval West. Introducing little-known sources, she re-evaluates both the image of the cross and the project of book-making in an expanded field of Carolingian painting.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Cross and the Work of Art: Introduction: temporality, utilitas, and the signum crucis\u003cbr\u003e 1. Making the multitemporal cross\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Cross and the Gospels: 2. Otfrid of Weissenburg's Book of the Gospels\u003cbr\u003e 3. Cross-image and Gospel Book\u003cbr\u003e 4. The angers gospels: sign and story\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: the fact of manufacture.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Medieval history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Medieval history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Medieval%20history%20%5BHBLC1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC1\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e], History of art: Byzantine \u0026amp; Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of art: Byzantine \u0026amp; Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20art:%20Byzantine%20\u0026amp;%20Medieval%20art%20c%20500%20CE%20to%20c%201400%20%5BACK%5D%22\"\u003eACK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45899506811160,"sku":"9781108428811","price":73.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108428811i.jpg?v=1696699825","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cross-the-gospels-and-the-work-of-art-in-the-carolingian-age-hardback-9781108428811","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}