The art of medieval technology : images of Noah the shipbuilder

Author

Unger, Richard W.

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

77 ill.; bibliogr.; index ; xv, 168 p., [47] p. of pl. ; 1991

ISBN

0813517273

Publisher

Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

European pictorial and sculptural images of Noah building the ark, dating from the Early Christian period through the 17th c., allow for analysis of the technology of shipbuilding. Argues that Christian iconographic traditions are partly shaped by social and economic circumstances.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400
• Art
• 100-1700
• Iconography
• Noah
• Ships
• Technology
• Christian iconography
• Society
• Economics

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400
• Art
• 100-1700
• Iconographie
• Noé
• Navire
• Technologie
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Société
• Economie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00424525

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