Exposition des ymages des figures qui sunt: discourses about images in Medieval Occident
Contrary to what indicates the famous – and questionable – formula "Bible des illetrés”, the medieval discourses on images went well beyond just highlighting its didactic function. In this article, we present a sample of this diversity, analyzing a number of medieval texts dealing with images,...
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doaj-124737c330624d38bc5c16780ca103d12020-11-24T23:31:39ZengUniversidade Estadual de LondrinaAntíteses1984-33562016-09-01917365410.5433/1984-3356.2016v9n17p3614076Exposition des ymages des figures qui sunt: discourses about images in Medieval OccidentMaria Cristina Correia Leandro Pereira0Universidade de São PauloContrary to what indicates the famous – and questionable – formula "Bible des illetrés”, the medieval discourses on images went well beyond just highlighting its didactic function. In this article, we present a sample of this diversity, analyzing a number of medieval texts dealing with images, which we have divided into five broad categories (not mutually exclusive: on the contrary, sometimes complementary). The first and most numerous are the theoretical discourses on images involving theological questions. Then, still based on arguments of theological order, a second group corresponds to those texts that seek to intervene in the practice of images through normative propositions. As a result from the previous two types is the third group: the speeches dealing with the reception of images and the reactions they cause. A fourth group are the writings that mention the producers of images: both practical documents and those that express value judgments about their Works. And finally, there are texts that describe the images, both their iconographic content and their materiality.http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/antiteses/article/view/24695imagensdiscursosOcidente medievalartistastextos |
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Exposition des ymages des figures qui sunt: discourses about images in Medieval Occident |
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Exposition des ymages des figures qui sunt: discourses about images in Medieval Occident |
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Exposition des ymages des figures qui sunt: discourses about images in Medieval Occident |
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Exposition des ymages des figures qui sunt: discourses about images in Medieval Occident |
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exposition des ymages des figures qui sunt: discourses about images in medieval occident |
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Universidade Estadual de Londrina |
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1984-3356 |
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2016-09-01 |
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Contrary to what indicates the famous – and questionable – formula "Bible des illetrés”, the medieval discourses on images went well beyond just highlighting its didactic function. In this article, we present a sample of this diversity, analyzing a number of medieval texts dealing with images, which we have divided into five broad categories (not mutually exclusive: on the contrary, sometimes complementary). The first and most numerous are the theoretical discourses on images involving theological questions. Then, still based on arguments of theological order, a second group corresponds to those texts that seek to intervene in the practice of images through normative propositions. As a result from the previous two types is the third group: the speeches dealing with the reception of images and the reactions they cause. A fourth group are the writings that mention the producers of images: both practical documents and those that express value judgments about their Works. And finally, there are texts that describe the images, both their iconographic content and their materiality. |
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imagens discursos Ocidente medieval artistas textos |
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