Giants in the Medieval City - Assaf Pinkus
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Giants in the Medieval City is een boek van Assaf Pinkus. Deze editie wordt tweedehands aangeboden door 1 boekverkoper(s) uit Antwerpen. Voor meer info, bekijk de beschrijving van de beschikbare exemplaren verder op deze pagina.
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2024Uitgever: Brepols Publishers272 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503607683ISBN-13: 9782503607689Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary The visual landscape north of the Alps between the 14th and 16th centuries was shaped by colossal representations of epic and mythological giants, reincarnated and cast as Christian heroes. In contexts religious or lay, private or public, giants dominated urban spaces but also rural ones. They were painted on church facades and stood tall as sculptures in town squares. Rather than portraying specific characters from particular texts, the figures embodied the notion of ?the gigantic? as it appeared ...
