UPC: 9789004506961 | Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: Art Architecture and the Moving Viewer C. 300-1500 Ce : Unfolding Narratives (Series #18) (Hardcover)

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These essays address how narratives unfolded in time and space when a body or object moved through premodern architectural or natural environments. Such narratives encompass interpretations of topography change in built environments over time and spaces for public assembly. Premodern architecture and built environments were fluid spaces whose configurations and meanings were constantly adapting and changing. The production of transitory meaning transpired whenever a body or object moved through these dynamic spaces. Whether spanning the short duration of a procession or the centuries of a building s longue durée a body or object in motion created in-the-moment narratives that unfolded through time and space. The authors in this volume forge new approaches to architectural studies by focusing on the interaction between monuments artworks and their viewers at different points in space and time. Contributors are Christopher A. Born Elizabeth Carson Pastan Nicole Corrigan Gillian B. Elliott Barbara Franzé Anne Heath Philip Jacks Divya Kumar-Dumas Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz Ashley J. Laverock Susan Leibacher Ward Elodie Leschot Meghan Mattsson McGinnis Michael Sizer Kelly Thor and Laura J. Whatley.