Camille, Michael
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Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art
Forfatter: Camille, Michael125,00kr Legg til i handlekurvImage on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art.
Reaktion Books, London 1992, stor 8vo, orig. omslag, 176 s., engelsk tekst, illustrert i svart-hvitt og farver.
«What do they all mean — the lascivious apes, autophagic dragons, pot-bellied heads, harp-playing asses, arse-kissing priests and somersaulting jongleurs to be found protruding from the edges of medieval buildings and in the margins of illuminated manuscripts? […] Medieval image-makers focused attention on the underside of society, the excluded and the ejected. These peasants, servants, prostitutes and beggars all found their place, along with knights and clerics, engaged in impudent antics in the margins of prayer-books or, as gargoyles, […]» — fra bakomslaget