Imaging Aristotle: Verbal and Visual Representation in Fourteenth-Century France - Hardcover

Sherman, Claire Richter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520083334 ISBN 13: 9780520083332

Verlag: University of California Press, 1995

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Nicole Oresme's translation of Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Economics" into French from Latin in the 1370s is the subject of this book. Intended for an audience of Charles V, his counsellors, and high-ranking lay people, these manuscripts are significant for their linguistic and political implications, for moving Aristotle's work beyond clerical and university boundaries, and for reflecting the dynamics of monarchic control of French language and culture. Sherman shows the importance of Oresme's role as translator and book designer. She also explores the gender and class representations in the imagery, relating them not only to the views of Oresme and his audience but also to the contemporary-secular culture.

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Claire Richter Sherman is Emeritus Project Head of Sponsored Research in the History of Art at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art. She has published widely in medieval art and lectures throughout the United States and Europe.

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"A truly outstanding and distinguished work. . . . Sherman breaks important new ground in her exploration of the illustrated manuscripts as cultural artifacts and cognitive structures."--Suzanne Lewis, author of "The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora

"A superior analysis of little-known material. . . . Sherman's analysis of text and image is one of the most sophisticated that I have read in recent years."--Anne D. Hedeman, author of "The Royal Image

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"A truly outstanding and distinguished work. . . . Sherman breaks important new ground in her exploration of the illustrated manuscripts as cultural artifacts and cognitive structures."Suzanne Lewis, author ofThe Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora

"A superior analysis of little-known material. . . . Sherman's analysis of text and image is one of the most sophisticated that I have read in recent years."Anne D. Hedeman, author ofThe Royal Image

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0520083334
• ISBN 13: 9780520083332
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 444
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