Was art really the "book of the illiterate"?

Author

Duggan, Lawrence G.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Word & image. 1989, Num. 3, Vol. 5, p. 227-251

ISSN

0266-6286

Abstract (en)

Chronicles many of the repetitions of, variations on, and departures from Pope Gregory the Great's specific belief that the illiterate can read pictures just as the literate can read books. Argues that in certain fundamental ways Gregory's adage is not true. Finally, explores the significance not only of the error of the dictum, but also of its durability over the next millennium and a half.

Subject (en)

• General history of art
• Art
• Comparison
• Books
• Reading
• Illiteracy
• Gregory I the Great, S., pope, ca.540-604
• Writings

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art
• Art
• Comparaison
• Livre
• Lecture
• Analphabétisme
• Grégoire I le Grand, saint, pape, v.540-604
• Ecrits

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00418239

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