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The Gothic Idol: Ideology and Image-Making in Medieval Art (Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism)
The Gothic Idol Ideology and ImageMaking in Medieval Art - Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism
Author: Michael Camille
By examining the theme of idol-worship in medieval art, this book reveals the ideological basis of paintings, statues, and manuscript illuminations that depict the worship of false gods in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. By showing that images of idolatry stood for those outside the Church - pagans, Muslims, Jews, heretics, homosexuals ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521424301
ISBN-10: 0521424305
Publication Date: 10/25/1991
Pages: 441
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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