Ages of man, the: medieval interpretations of the life cycle
Auteur :
Sears, Elizabeth L.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691655598
Date de publication :
19 févr. 2019
Dimensions :
25,4 x 20,3 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Elizabeth Sears here combines rich visual material and textual evidence to reveal the sophistication, warmth, and humor of medieval speculations about the ages of man. Medieval artists illustrated this theme, establishing the convention that each of life's phases in turn was to be represented by the figure of a man (or, rarely, a woman) who reveale