Main entry:

Camille, Michael.

Title & Author:

The Gothic idol : ideology and image-making in medieval art / Michael Camille.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.

Description:

xxxii, 407 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Series:

Cambridge new art history and criticism

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : fallen idols -- Part One : the gothic anti-image. 1. Idols and originals -- Fallen fabrication : making images -- Fallen faith : making gods -- Fallen angels : demonic images -- 2. Idols of the pagans -- The fallen city : Mirabilia Urbis Ramae -- The fallen body : naked idols -- Deformations of Diana as a gothic goddess -- Saints and simulacra -- 3. Idols of the Saracens -- Icon versus idol in the Jeu de Saint Nicolas -- Holy places and pictures in crusader propaganda -- The idol of Muhammad in chronicle, epic, and romance -- 4. Idols of the Jews -- The second commandment and the image-jealous god -- Church versus synagogue : disputing images -- The Jew as image, iconoclast, and idolater -- Part Two : Gothic idols. 5. Idols in the church -- THe image on the column -- Latria or idolatria : Christian theories of sacred figuration -- Virgin or Venus? : the gothic goddess comes to life -- 6. Idols in society -- Art and the marvelous : magicians and automata -- Nummus : the god of gold -- Templars, talking heads, and an idolatrous pope -- Statues and Statutes : allegorical idols and the body politic -- 7. Idols in the mind -- Woman on a pedestal : courtly love -- Desire, death, and the image : the Pygmalion myth in medieval art -- Epilogue : idols as art -- The renaissance of the pagan idol -- The reformation of the Christian idol -- Idols of postmodernity. -- [Bibliographical] notes (pages 353-398).
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Summary:

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 images of idolatry stood for those outside the Church - pagans, Muslims, Jews, heretics, homosexuals - Camille sheds light on how medieval society viewed both alien 'others' and itself. He links the abhorrence of worshipping false gods in images to an 'image-explosion' in the thirteenth century when the Christian Church was filled with cult statues, miracle-working relics, and 'real' representations in the Gothic style. In attempting to bring the Gothic image to life, Camille shows how images can teach us about attitudes and beliefs in a particular society.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521340403
9780521340403
0521424305 (pbk.)
9780521424301 (pbk.)

Subject:

Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500.
Image (Theology) History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Idols and images Europe History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Middle Ages.
Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Art chrétien 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Idoles et images Europe Histoire des doctrines 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Moyen Âge.
Église Histoire 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Image (Théologie) Histoire des doctrines 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Church history Middle Ages
Christian art and symbolism Medieval
Gotiek.
Kunst.
Iconografie.
Afgoden.
Art médiéval.
Art gothique.
Art chrétien Moyen âge.
Idoles et images Europe Histoire des doctrines Moyen âge.
Église Moyen âge.
Art chrétien 500-1500 (Moyen âge)
Idoles et images Europe Histoire des doctrines 500-1500 (Moyen âge)
Moyen âge.
Histoire de l'église 600-1500 (Moyen âge)
Europe
Images (Visual arts)

Added entries:

Cambridge new art history and criticism.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 56935
Call No.: ID:90-B5237
Status: Available