Caves to Cathedrals: Visual Arts in Ancient and Medieval Texts (Revised Second)
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Caves to Cathedrals: Visual Arts in Ancient and Medieval Texts (Revised Second)

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Title: Caves to Cathedrals: Visual Arts in Ancient and Medieval Texts (Revised Second)Author: Turner, Lee AnnPublisher: Cognella Academic PublishingBinding: HardcoverPages: 294Dimensions: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69dProduct Weight: 1.24 lbs.Language: SpanishISBN: 9781516549719Caves to Cathedrals: Visual Arts in Ancient and Medieval Texts is a compilation of primary sources that help clarify or contextualize artistic production in the pre-modern Western world. A wide array of ancient and medieval visual culture is explored, including fashion, stage scenery, and other types of display such as triumphal and funerary processions, a lavish dinner party, and gladiatorial games. The diverse readings include an eyewitness account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a thorough description of the process of mummification, and instructions on how to make a stained glass window. In the fully revised second edition there are dozens of new readings that explore such topics as royal tents, calligra

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