Creation and Creativity in Medieval Art Illustrating Genesis

Creation imagery in manuscripts made in the Middle Ages became a locus for visual experimentation as well as the expression of ideas about creativity. By examining representations of divine creation and illustrations of the creation stories in Genesis, this book links medieval ideas about creation,...

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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2025
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Schlagworte:
Art, Medieval
creation
Creation in art
European history
History
History and Archaeology
History of art
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Illumination of Genesis
Medieval art
medieval artist
Religious and ceremonial art
The Arts
The Arts: treatments and subjects
Medieval Studies
Religious and ceremonial art
ART
Medieval art, Illumination of Genesis, creation, medieval artist
c. 1000 CE to c. 1500
South
History of art and design styles: c 1400 to c 1600
Religious subjects depicted in art
Subjects & Themes
Christianity
History
History, Art History, and Archaeology
History of art
AUP Wetenschappelijk
Medieval
c 1000 CE to c 1500
Art and Material Cultures
RELIGION
Religious
European history
c 1500 onwards to present day
ISBN:9789048565603, 9048573300, 904856560X, 9789048573301, 9781041177708, 1041177704, 9789048565610, 9048565618
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Zusammenfassung:Creation imagery in manuscripts made in the Middle Ages became a locus for visual experimentation as well as the expression of ideas about creativity. By examining representations of divine creation and illustrations of the creation stories in Genesis, this book links medieval ideas about creation, the characteristic of the Divine Creator, and the act of creation with themes in medieval thought about the work of medieval artists. Case studies from manuscripts illuminating the creation dating from the eleventh to the fourteenth century (Junius 11/The Cædmon Manuscript, Roda Bible & Ripoll Bible, Bible moralisées, Hamburg Bible, Holkhalm Bible) reveal self-reflective moments; where medieval artists relate artistic invention and theological debates about creation. This book traces the artists’ thinking in their own work and then contextualizes those visual cues within the context of philosophical arguments about the creation of the world. It also considers how Western medieval artists, in inventing original illuminations and experimenting with new representational modes, suggest potential analogies between their own work, God’s acts of creation, and nature’s generative force.
ISBN:9789048565603
9048573300
904856560X
9789048573301
9781041177708
1041177704
9789048565610
9048565618
DOI:10.5117/9789048565603