Transformations of Time and
Temporality in Medieval and Renaissance
· March 2014
· ISBN: 9789004267855
· Hardback (xxxvi, 356 pp., 16 color
plates, 140 b/w illustrations)
· List price: €139.- / $180.-
· Language: English
· Brill's Studies in Intellectual
History / Brill's Studies on Art, Art
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Art
Simona Cohen, Tel-Aviv University
Although studies of specific time concepts, expressed in Renaissance philosophy and
literature, have not been lacking, few art-historians have endeavored to meet the
challenge in the visual arts. This book presents a multifaceted picture of the dynamic
concepts of time and temporality in medieval and Renaissance art, adopted in
speculative, ecclesiastical, socio-political, propagandist, moralistic, and poetic
contexts. It has been assumed that time was conceived in a different way by those
living in the Renaissance as compared to their medieval predecessors. Changing
perceptions of time, an increasingly secular approach, the sense of self-determination
rooted in the practical use and control of time, and the perception of time as a threat
to human existence and achievements are demonstrated through artistic media.
Chapters dealing with time in classical and medieval philosophy and art are followed
by studies that focus on innovative aspects of Renaissance iconography.
READERSHIP:
Those interested in medieval and early modern intellectual history, classical and
medieval sources of Renaissance speculation and iconography, and iconographic
innovations in Renaissance art, particularly those related to time.
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