Explore medieval European Jewish life through this new book ‘Perception and Awareness,’ revealing how Jews interacted with their visual and material cultures.
Category Archives: Publications
New Publication: ‘Medieval Mausoleums, Monuments, and Manuscripts: French Royal Women’s Patronage from the Twelfth to the Fourteenth Centuries’ by Christene d’Anca
This new book offers an exploration of the artistic cultural legacy of some of the most renowned medieval royal women, demonstrating their dedication to remain relevant for all time.
New Publication: ‘The Baptismal Font Canopy of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich’, edited by Amy Gillette and Zachary Stewart
The focus of this new book, is a 16-century baptismal font canopy of the church of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, is one of only three such structures to survive anywhere in the British Isles.
New Publication: ‘Phenomenology of the Icon: Mediating God through the Image’ by Stephanie Rumpza
Check out this new publication which develops a fresh and original approach to the icon by weaving together the interdisciplinary strands of aesthetics, Byzantine studies, theology, and phenomenology.
New Publication: ‘ Représenter et nommer la Grèce et les Grecs (XIVe-XVIe siècle)’, edited by Catherine Gaullier-Bougassas
Discover how Western European authors and artists of the 14th-16th centuries perceived Greece in the new book ‘Representing and Naming Greece and the Greeks’.
New Publication: ‘Out of Bounds: Exploring the Limits of Medieval Art’, Edited by Pamela A. Patton and Maria Alessia Rossi
Explore the evolution of medieval art studies in ‘Out of Bounds’, challenging traditional boundaries to reshape modern scholarly discourse.
Call for submissions: ‘Marian Devotion and the Senses in the Middle Ages’, deadline 20 December 2023
Submissions are welcomed for the upcoming book ‘Marian Devotion and the Senses in the Middle Ages’.
New Publication: ‘Colors in Medieval Art: Theories, Matter, and Light from Suger to Grosseteste (1100–1250)’, by Alberto Virdis
This book argues that color is and was a central “cultural object” within art history, a fact first elucidated through an examination of the debates and difficulties of color in language, theology, science, and philosophy.
New Publication: ‘Paris: The Powers that Shaped the Medieval City’, edited By Alexandra Gajewski, John McNeill
Check out the new British Archaeological Association’s book on ‘Paris: The Powers that Shaped the Medieval City’.
New Publication: L’abbazia di San Leone a Bitonto. Un monumento nel tempo. by Marcello Mignozzi
The text traces the history of Abbey of San Leone in Bitonto and its relationship with art evolution in Apulia from medieval to contemporary times.