Saracens, Demons, and Jews : Making Monsters in Medieval Art
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Saracens, Demons and Jews is a rare book: impeccably researched, crisply penned, provocative in its findings and handsomely produced.
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Strickland has done an outstanding job of synthesizing the earlier literature, grounding it historically, and introducing fresh observations and ideas. She draws on a great range of primary and secondary sources to produce a study that will be useful not only to art historians but to scholars in medieval history, literature, and religion.
This book presents a multidimensional view of medieval social rejection as depicted in varied embodiments of 'the monstrous' in medieval art and iconography. The way that Strickland reads her images is refreshing. Historically well informed, she connects her selection of images to the actual problems confronting many historians in today's multicultural world. Scholars, teachers, and students will take to her reader-friendly prose. And that near-mythical creature--the general reader--will be attracted by the freak show--like, even underworld appeal of this book's evil creatures.
Saracens, Demons, and Jews : Making Monsters in Medieval Art
Saracens, Demons, and Jews : Making Monsters in Medieval Art,Debra Higgs Strickland,Princeton University Press,0691057192,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Art, Medieval,Christianity and other religio,Christianity and other religions,History - General,History - Medieval,Minorities in art,Subjects & Themes - Religious,Themes, motives,Art / History / General,Art and Architecture,European History,Jewish Studies,Religion
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