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Illuminating a Legacy : Essays in Honor of Lawrence Nees / ed. by Lynley Anne Herbert, Isabelle Lachat, Stephen M. Wagner.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Sense, Matter, and Medium : New Approaches to Medieval Literary and Material Culture ; 10Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (XVIII, 352 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783111435916
  • 9783111436012
  • 9783111435954
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 704.948
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I Establishing Identity -- Of Colophons and Cryptographs -- The Ottonian Book Artist and the Case of the Uta Codex -- Idols in Ottonian Fulda? -- A Singular Combat: Anchises among the Kings of France -- A “Purely Jewish Style”: Celebrating Jewish Culture and Combating Antisemitism through Art and Architecture in Southeast Texas in the 1920s -- II Patronage and Politics -- Emperors, Empresses, and the Law in Carolingian Italy: The Illustrations of Vercelli, Biblioteca Capitolare, MS CLXV -- Boundaries Revisited: High Crosses as Liminal Markers and Protective Monuments -- The Cross of Dysert O’Dea Revisited -- Pope Calixtus and the Madonna della Clemenza -- Before 1297? St. Louis and Questions of Devotional Manuscript Dating -- III Beyond the Canon -- An Ode to Epic Hair: Uncovering the Exegesis of a Green-Bearded Christ -- The Emancipation of Early Medieval Artists -- The Salaberga Psalter -- Book Satchels and a Case for Relics: The House-Shaped Form in the Book of Deer -- Lawrence Nees Publications -- General Index -- Index of Manuscripts
Summary: This anthology honors Lawrence Nees’ expansive contributions to medieval art historical inquiry and teaching on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Delaware. These essays present a cross-section of recent research by students, colleagues, and friends; the breadth of subjects explored demonstrates the pertinence of Nees’ distinctive approach and methodology centering human agency and creativity. The contributions follow three main threads: Establishing Identity, Patronage and Politics, and Beyond the Canon. Some authors draw upon Nees’ systematic analysis of iconographic idiosyncrasies and ornamental schemes, whether adorning manuscripts or monumental edifices, which elucidates their unique visual and material characteristics. Others apply a Neesian engagement with the complex dynamics of cultural exchange, visual manifestations of political ambitions and ideologies, and selective mining of the classical past. Ultimately, this collection aims to illustrate the impact of Nees’ transformative scholarship, and to celebrate his legacy in the field of medieval art history.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I Establishing Identity -- Of Colophons and Cryptographs -- The Ottonian Book Artist and the Case of the Uta Codex -- Idols in Ottonian Fulda? -- A Singular Combat: Anchises among the Kings of France -- A “Purely Jewish Style”: Celebrating Jewish Culture and Combating Antisemitism through Art and Architecture in Southeast Texas in the 1920s -- II Patronage and Politics -- Emperors, Empresses, and the Law in Carolingian Italy: The Illustrations of Vercelli, Biblioteca Capitolare, MS CLXV -- Boundaries Revisited: High Crosses as Liminal Markers and Protective Monuments -- The Cross of Dysert O’Dea Revisited -- Pope Calixtus and the Madonna della Clemenza -- Before 1297? St. Louis and Questions of Devotional Manuscript Dating -- III Beyond the Canon -- An Ode to Epic Hair: Uncovering the Exegesis of a Green-Bearded Christ -- The Emancipation of Early Medieval Artists -- The Salaberga Psalter -- Book Satchels and a Case for Relics: The House-Shaped Form in the Book of Deer -- Lawrence Nees Publications -- General Index -- Index of Manuscripts

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This anthology honors Lawrence Nees’ expansive contributions to medieval art historical inquiry and teaching on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Delaware. These essays present a cross-section of recent research by students, colleagues, and friends; the breadth of subjects explored demonstrates the pertinence of Nees’ distinctive approach and methodology centering human agency and creativity. The contributions follow three main threads: Establishing Identity, Patronage and Politics, and Beyond the Canon. Some authors draw upon Nees’ systematic analysis of iconographic idiosyncrasies and ornamental schemes, whether adorning manuscripts or monumental edifices, which elucidates their unique visual and material characteristics. Others apply a Neesian engagement with the complex dynamics of cultural exchange, visual manifestations of political ambitions and ideologies, and selective mining of the classical past. Ultimately, this collection aims to illustrate the impact of Nees’ transformative scholarship, and to celebrate his legacy in the field of medieval art history.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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