Romanesque Signs: Early Medieval Narrative and Iconography. (Presentation copy, inscribed by Nichols to Charles T. Wood, who is notably acknowledged in the Preface.)

NICHOLS, Stephen G., Jr.:

ISBN 10: 0300028334 / ISBN 13: 9780300028331

Published by New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1983., 1983

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xiii, 248 pp; 35 illus. Original cloth. Very Good+, in very good+ dust jacket. Inscribed: 'For Charlie [Wood]/w/thanks and admiration/for all your help/Steve/22 Dec 1982'. 'Many colleagues and friends have generously contributed to the evolution of this book by reading portions of the manuscript and making invaluable suggestions at moments that could not have been professionally convenient for them. Charles Wood, Hoyt Alverson, and Kevin Brownlee, in particular, have helped me work out theoretical and methodological problems' (Preface, p. xiii). Charles Tuttle Wood (1933-2004): authority on medieval Europe and a long-time faculty member at Dartmouth College. A member of the Dartmouth faculty since 1964, Wood was Professor of History and Dartmouth's Daniel Webster Professor of History, Emeritus.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Romanesque Signs: Early Medieval Narrative and Iconography. (Presentation copy, inscribed by Nichols to Charles T. Wood, who is notably acknowledged in the Preface.)
• Publisher: New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1983.
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300028334
• ISBN 13: 9780300028331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A classic of medieval scholarship, Romanesque Signs is a model of new medievalism. It demonstrates how artists, architects, chroniclers, and writers created a new artistic style-the Romanesque-in the 11th and 12th centuries. This art form blurs the boundaries between secular and sacred to show how spirituality guided the representation of history in the world, while portraying contemporary events as repeating and thus confirming biblical accounts. Exploring the social role of the century's increasingly public and monumental art forms, Stephen Nichols sees a shaping influence in the perception of life as a divine plan, a perception that revitalized the world of learning by interpreting events in current history as recapitulations of significant events in the past.