Interlace and icons : form and function in early insular art
- Author
- Kitzinger, Ernst
- Document type
- Article (acte de congrès)
- Language
English
- Conference title
- Age of migrating ideas : early medieval art in northern Britain and Ireland : proceedings of the Second International Conference on Insular Art held in the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh, 3-6 January 1991
- Author (monograph)
- Spearman, R. Michael (Editor, Collective Author); Higgitt, John (Editor, Collective Author)
- Source
- Age of migrating ideas : early medieval art in northern Britain and Ireland : proceedings of the Second International Conference on Insular Art held in the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh, 3-6 January 1991. 1993, 3-15, 12 ill.
- Publisher
- A. Sutton, Stroud (Glos, GBR)
- Publication country
- United Kingdom
- Abstract (en)
- Shows that interlace designs in early Insular art, while clearly a matter of aesthetic preference, did in certain contexts have a magic potential and apotropaic function; and examines the presence of holy images on chancel enclosures in the 7th c., focusing on the images described by Bede at S. Peter, Monkwearmouth; emphasizes the influence of such images on the nascent Christian art of the British Isles, and considers the Ruthwell and Bewcastle crosses as examples.
- Subject (en)
- Subject (fr)
- Origin
DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)
Identifier19940101-00338127
Sauf mention contraire ci-dessus, le contenu de cette notice bibliographique peut être utilisé dans le cadre d'une licence CC BY 4.0 / Unless otherwise stated above, the content of this bibliographic record may be used under a CC BY 4.0 license
Install on your browser
