Medieval allegory and the building of the new Jerusalem /

This book investigates the concept of the New Jerusalem, the City of God, as an architectural ideal during the middle ages, and the way in which it is represented allegorically in patristic writings, liturgy, building, and later literature. The author begins by examining its conceptual foundations i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Meyer, Ann R. (Ann Raftery), 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2003.
Subjects:
Église abbatiale de Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France)
Pearl (Middle English poem)
Europa
600-1500
Architecture, Medieval.
Allegory.
Chantries.
Architecture médiévale.
Allégorie.
Chantreries.
chantries.
allegories (literary works)
RELIGION > Holidays > Christian.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Allegory
Architecture, Medieval
Chantries
Architektur
Himmlisches Jerusalem
Symbolik
Bouwkunst.
Allegorieën.
Geschichte 500-1500.
Jerusalem > In Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Jérusalem > Dans le christianisme > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Middle East > Jerusalem
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Philosophical and Theological Foundations
  • Foundations I: Plotinus' Screen of Beauty
  • Foundations II: Augustine's City of God
  • Liturgy and Architecture
  • Liturgy at St.-Denis and the Apocalyptic Eschatology of High Gothic
  • The Chantry Movement: An Intimate Art of the Medieval New Jerusalem
  • Poetry
  • Taking Allegory Seriously: Ornament as Invitation in Pearl
  • 'Pe nwe cyte o Jerusalem": Pearl as Medieval Architecture.

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