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The Ages of Man: Medieval Interpretations of the Life Cycle
Hardback
Main Details
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The Ages of Man: Medieval Interpretations of the Life Cycle
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Elizabeth Sears
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| Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:320 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 203 |
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| Category/Genre | Byzantine and medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400
Human figures depicted in art |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691657011
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| Classifications | Dewey:704.942094 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
19 February 2019 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Elizabeth Sears here combines rich visual material and textual evidence to reveal the sophistication, warmth, and humor of medieval speculations about the ages of man. Medieval artists illustrated this theme, establishing the convention that each of life's phases in turn was to be represented by the figure of a man (or, rarely, a woman) who reveale
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