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- catalog abstract ""The depiction and symbolism of animals have always fascinated us. This book illustrates their crucial importance in medieval art from the sixth to the eleventh centuries, and describes their use in sculpture, manuscripts, embroidery and metalwork. It shows how the underlying Celtic and Germanic traditions combined with Mediterranean influences to produce a far stronger animal art in Britain than anywhere else in Europe. Here, pagan imagery and symbolism were transmuted into Christian art and teaching, and by studying animal subjects in the whole of the British Isles rather than one region in particular, the artistic links between the Picts, Anglo-Saxons and Irish gradually emerge. Placing the emphasis on the naturalist tradition as well as the characteristic interlacing forms, Animals In Early Medieval Art uncovers the origins of the fantastic beasts of the bestiary, and draws conclusions about the transmission of motifs and ideas in general."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b4821642.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description ""The depiction and symbolism of animals have always fascinated us. This book illustrates their crucial importance in medieval art from the sixth to the eleventh centuries, and describes their use in sculpture, manuscripts, embroidery and metalwork. It shows how the underlying Celtic and Germanic traditions combined with Mediterranean influences to produce a far stronger animal art in Britain than anywhere else in Europe. Here, pagan imagery and symbolism were transmuted into Christian art and teaching, and by studying animal subjects in the whole of the British Isles rather than one region in particular, the artistic links between the Picts, Anglo-Saxons and Irish gradually emerge. Placing the emphasis on the naturalist tradition as well as the characteristic interlacing forms, Animals In Early Medieval Art uncovers the origins of the fantastic beasts of the bestiary, and draws conclusions about the transmission of motifs and ideas in general."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-302) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 309 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Animals in early medieval art.".
- catalog identifier "0748604286".
- catalog isFormatOf "Animals in early medieval art.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,".
- catalog relation "Animals in early medieval art.".
- catalog subject "704.9/432/094109021 20".
- catalog subject "Animals in art.".
- catalog subject "Decoration and ornament, Anglo-Saxon.".
- catalog subject "Decoration and ornament, Medieval.".
- catalog subject "NK1443 .H53 1993".
- catalog title "Animals in early medieval art / Carola Hicks.".
- catalog type "text".