Visual Culture and the German Middle Ages

by Horst Wenzel and Kathryn Starkey

This multi-disciplinary collection of essays draws on various theoretical approaches to explore the highly visual nature of the Middle Ages and expose new facets of old texts and artefacts. The term 'visual culture' has been used in recent years to refer to modern media theory, film, modern art and other contemporary representational forms and functions. But this emphasis on visuality is not only a modern phenomenon. Discourses on visual processes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403964440
• ISBN13: 9781403964441
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.2"