Les monstres hybrides dans l'art médiéval
By: Ortaire de Coupigny, texte et dessins de l'auteur
Publisher: Éditions Confidentiel
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Morigny
Language: fre
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9782954271316
Subjects: Monsters in art; Medieval Art; Themes, motives; Fantasy in art; Christian art and symbolism
Description: Carved on the walls of churches, cathedrals portals, but also painted in the illuminations of liturgical and secular manuscripts, hybrid monsters-human and animal figures-appear in profusion in the art of the Middle Ages. Made visible by these devices, they eventually exist in the eyes of the men of that time. The image is the belief in their existence, is the visible manifestation of an invisible world. Contemporary adage: Seeing is believing is inverse to the medieval period: You have to see it to believe it. The main study period is between the eleventh and thirteenth century with the two main hatch artistic movements of the Middle Ages, Romanesque and gothique. L'ouvrage art is embellished with 126 drawings by the author representing monsters from sculpture and illuminations of medieval manuscripts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188).
Table of contents: title: Les cisterciens; title: Etymologie; title: Les cynocéphales; title: Le cadre et la marge; title: Le XII ciècle; title: Liens antiques; title: La mer, berceau mythologique des monstres; title: Les Dieux monstrueux dans les mythologies; title: Les épopées; title: La préhistoire; title: Monstres hybrides, mi-hommes, mi-animaux; title: Le monstre hybride christiannisé; title: Relation entre l'homme et l'animal; title: Métamorphose; title: Le métamorphose des formes; title: La métamorphose dans la vie quotidienne; title: Les monstres messagers de Dieu; title: Les monstres existent-ils?; title: Les monstres comme image satirique; title: L'Orient; title: Artistes-artisans du Moyen-Âge; title: Le goût de l'ailleurs.