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A Heritage of Holy Wood: The Legend of the True Cross in Text and Image / / Barbara Baert
| A Heritage of Holy Wood: The Legend of the True Cross in Text and Image / / Barbara Baert |
| Autore | Baert Barbara |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (597 p.) |
| Disciplina | 700/.48246558/094950902 |
| Collana | Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions: Medieval and Early Modern Peoples |
| Soggetto topico |
Art, Byzantine
Art, Medieval Holy Cross - Legends - Art |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-91539-0
9786610915392 90-474-0574-9 1-4294-5472-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Diagrams -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- 1. Helena and the Jews. The Legend of the Finding of the Cross -- Constantine the Great, the cross, and the Inventio crucis -- The Judas Cyriacus legend -- 2. The Finding of the Cross in Carolingian and Romanesque art -- The iconographic roots. Identity and diversity -- The Meuse region and Rhineland in the twelfth century. Expansion and enhancement -- 3. Heraclius and the Persians. The Legend of the Exaltation of the Cross -- Exaltatio crucis. Worldviews in conflict -- Heraclius as exemplar. Loci sancti , crusades and pilgrimage -- 4. The spreading of the Finding and Exaltation of the Cross in the late Middle Ages -- The Legenda Aurea -- Northern Germany and the Teutonic Order. Between Tempzin and Marienwerder -- Southern Germany and the Danube basin. Nuremberg, insignia of state and new iconographic formulas -- The Netherlands. A periphery? -- 5. From Paradise to Golgotha. The Legend of the Wood of the Cross -- Between typologia and narratio -- Seth and the return to Paradise -- The Queen of Sheba, the sibyl and the Wood of the Cross -- 6. The monumental programmes of the Legend of the Cross in Italy, Germany and Switzerland (1388-ca. 1495) -- Italy. Tradition and innovation -- North of the Alps. Neglected and diverse -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Colour Plates -- Bibliography -- Photographic Acknowledgements -- Index of Works -- Index of Names. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458641703321 |
Baert Barbara
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| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A Heritage of Holy Wood: The Legend of the True Cross in Text and Image / / Barbara Baert
| A Heritage of Holy Wood: The Legend of the True Cross in Text and Image / / Barbara Baert |
| Autore | Baert Barbara |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (597 p.) |
| Disciplina | 700/.48246558/094950902 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PreedyLee |
| Collana | Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions: Medieval and Early Modern Peoples |
| Soggetto topico |
Art, Byzantine
Art, Medieval Holy Cross - Legends - Art |
| ISBN |
1-280-91539-0
9786610915392 90-474-0574-9 1-4294-5472-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Diagrams -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- 1. Helena and the Jews. The Legend of the Finding of the Cross -- Constantine the Great, the cross, and the Inventio crucis -- The Judas Cyriacus legend -- 2. The Finding of the Cross in Carolingian and Romanesque art -- The iconographic roots. Identity and diversity -- The Meuse region and Rhineland in the twelfth century. Expansion and enhancement -- 3. Heraclius and the Persians. The Legend of the Exaltation of the Cross -- Exaltatio crucis. Worldviews in conflict -- Heraclius as exemplar. Loci sancti , crusades and pilgrimage -- 4. The spreading of the Finding and Exaltation of the Cross in the late Middle Ages -- The Legenda Aurea -- Northern Germany and the Teutonic Order. Between Tempzin and Marienwerder -- Southern Germany and the Danube basin. Nuremberg, insignia of state and new iconographic formulas -- The Netherlands. A periphery? -- 5. From Paradise to Golgotha. The Legend of the Wood of the Cross -- Between typologia and narratio -- Seth and the return to Paradise -- The Queen of Sheba, the sibyl and the Wood of the Cross -- 6. The monumental programmes of the Legend of the Cross in Italy, Germany and Switzerland (1388-ca. 1495) -- Italy. Tradition and innovation -- North of the Alps. Neglected and diverse -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Colour Plates -- Bibliography -- Photographic Acknowledgements -- Index of Works -- Index of Names. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784793503321 |
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Baert Barbara
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| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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