The Diagram as Paradigm | Cross-Cultural Approaches

David J. Roxburgh (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 0884024865 / ISBN 13: 9780884024866

Published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, 2022

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The Diagram as Paradigm | Cross-Cultural Approaches | David J. Roxburgh (u. a.) | Buch | Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2022 | Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection | EAN 9780884024866 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Diagram as Paradigm | Cross-Cultural Approaches
• Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0884024865
• ISBN 13: 9780884024866
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 244W x 174H x 25D millimeters 244 millimeters width by 174 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1158 grams
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Synopsis

The Diagram as Paradigm is the first book that looks at medieval diagrams in a cross-cultural perspective, focusing on three regions―Byzantium, the Islamicate world, and the Latin West―each culturally diverse and each closely linked to the others through complex processes of intellectual, artistic, diplomatic, and mercantile exchange.

The volume unites case studies, often of little-known material, by an international set of specialists, and is prefaced by four introductory essays that provide broad overviews of diagrammatic traditions in these regions in addition to considering the theoretical dimensions of diagramming. Among the historical disciplines whose use of diagrams is explored are philosophy, theology, mysticism, music, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, and cosmology. Despite the sheer variety, ingenuity, and visual inventiveness of diagrams from the premodern world, in conception and practical use they often share many similarities, both in construction and application. Diagrams prove to be an essential part of the fabric of premodern intellectual, scientific, religious, artistic, and artisanal life.

About the Authors

Jeffrey F. Hamburger is Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University. His recent books include Color in Cusanus and The Birth of the Author.

David J. Roxburgh is Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.

Linda Safran is Associate Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto.