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Seller Notes: | “Book is in Very Good Condition. Text will be unmarked. May show some signs of use or wear. Will include dust jacket if it originally came with one. Satisfaction is guaranteed with every order.” |
Format: | Hardcover | Publisher: | University of California Press |
Publication Year: | 1996 | Language: | English |
ISBN: |
9780520085497 |
EAN: |
9780520085497 |
Product Information | |
A work of remarkable scholarship and great conceptual range, God, Cosmos, and Humankind is the final book by one of the world's preeminent authorities on Medieval history and religion. A bold synthesis of art and intellectual history and the history of religion, it will certainly become recognized as the definitive study of symbolism during the first five hundred years of Christianity. The early Christians, as Gerhart Ladner shows, lived in a world where everything was seen to be both real and representative of something else, mainly God. Drawing on a wealth of primary materials--including the works of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, a disciple of the apostle Paul, and the mystical zoologist Physiologus--Ladner interprets for a modern audience the myriad of symbols used in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. In doing so, he provides an essential key not only to the artwork but to the entire worldview of the period. Under three broad categories--the symbolism of theology, of the cosmos, and of humankind--the author maps the complete system of symbols by which the early Christians conceived of and gave order to their existence. We learn, for instance, that fire and water could mean both life and death and why three and seven were considered perfect numbers. Throughout, Ladner grounds his discussion with references to extant art, illustrations of which are interspersed liberally with the text. | |
Product Identifiers | |
Publisher | University of California Press |
ISBN-10 | 0520085493 |
ISBN-13 | 9780520085497 |
eBay Product ID (ePID) | 345995 |
Product Key Features | |
Format | Hardcover |
Publication Year | 1996 |
Language | English |
Dimensions | |
Weight | 18 Oz |
Width | 6.5in. |
Height | 0.4in. |
Length | 9.5in. |
Additional Product Features | |
Dewey Edition | 20 |
Illustrated | Yes |
Dewey Decimal | 246/.2 |
Original Language | German |
Age Level | Scholarly & Professional |
Copyright Date | 1995 |
Author | Gerhart B. Ladner |
Lc Classification Number | Br195.C49l3313 1995 |
Lccn | 95-002080 |
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