The Gothic Idol: Ideology and Image-Making in Medieval Art by Michael Camille

The Gothic Idol: Ideology and Image-Making in Medieval Art

Michael Camille

441 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction art history challenging informative slow-paced
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By examining the theme of idol-worship in medieval art, this book reveals the ideological basis of paintings, statues and manuscript illuminations that depict the worship of false gods in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. By showing that im...

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