The Mystic Ark : Hugh of Saint Victor, art, and thought in the twelfth century / Conrad Rudolph, University of California, Riverside.
| Author/creator |
Rudolph, Conrad, 1951- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. |
| Description | xix, 609 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | 1. The Mystic Ark lectures -- 2. The image of The Mystic Ark -- 3. Conclusion: the Mystic Ark and the multiplication and systematization of imagery -- Appendix: translation of the Mystic Ark, with art historical commentary. |
| Abstract | "Conrad Rudolph studies and reconstructs Hugh of St Victor's forty-two-page written work, The Mystic Ark, which describes the medieval painting of the same name"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | "In this book, Conrad Rudolph studies and reconstructs Hugh of St. Victor's forty-two-page written work, The Mystic Ark, which describes the medieval painting of the same name. In medieval written sources, works of art are not often referred to, let alone described in any detail. Almost completely ignored by art historians because of the immense difficulty of its text, Hugh of Saint Victor's Mystic Ark (c. 1125-1130) is among the most unusual sources we have for an understanding of medieval artistic culture. Depicting all time, all space, all matter, all human history, and all spiritual striving, this highly polemical painting deals with a series of cultural issues crucial in the education of society's elite during one of the great periods of intellectual change in Western history"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-596) and index. |
| LCCN | 2013003486 |
| ISBN | 9781107037052 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1107037050 (hardback) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | ND553 .H82 R83 2014 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |