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OverviewThroughout the Middle Ages, John the Evangelist, identified as the author of both the Book of Revelation and the most profound and theologically informed of the four Gospels, provided monks and nuns with a figure of inspiration and an exemplar of vision and virginity. Rather than the historical apostle, this book's protagonist is a persona of the Evangelist established in theology, the liturgy, and devotional practice: the model mystic, who, by virtue of his penetrating insight, was seen as having become a mirror image of Christ. In this text, Jeffrey Hamburger identifies a remarkable set of images from the 9th to the 15th centuries that identify the Evangelist so closely with the deity that he appears as his living image and embodiment. Hamburger explores the ways these representations of St John in the guise of Christ elucidate the significance of images as such in medieval theology and mysticism. Above all, he shows how these artworks epitomize the relationship between the visible and the invisible: between ideas, however abstract, and the concrete images that medieval Christians confronted face-to-face. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey F. HamburgerPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 1.411kg ISBN: 9780520228771ISBN 10: 0520228774 Pages: 347 Publication Date: 26 September 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsReviewsAnalyzing an astonishing range of visual examples, Hamburger unlocks a newly discovered door in heaven, revealing the crucial role John plays in medieval thought and art as deified Evangelist as well as apocalyptic prophet and beloved apostle. - Richard K. Emmerson, author of Antichrist in the Middle Ages: A Study of Medieval Apocalypticism, Art, and Literature Author InformationJeffrey F. Hamburger is Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University. He is author of these award-winning books: The Visual and the Visionary (1998), Nuns as Artists: The Visual Culture of a Medieval Convent (California, 1997), and The Rothschild Canticles: Art and Mysticism in Flanders and the Rhineland circa 1300 (1990). Among his honors are the John Nicholas Brown Prize of the Medieval Academy of America (1994), the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History (1998), the Roland H. Bainton Prize (1998), and the Charles Rufus Morey Award in the History of Art (1998). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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