Rhetoric of Power in the Bayeux Tapestry

Klappentext A study of the narrative structure and meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry. Zusammenfassung The Bayeux Tapestry is recognized as one of the most problematical historical documents of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. More than a reinterpretation of the historical evidence! this study explores the visual and textual strategies that have made the Bayeux Tapestry's narrative such a powerful experience for audiences over the centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: medieval audience, performance and display; 1. The problematics of genre; 2. Narrative strategies and visible signs; 3. Narrative structures; 4. The Norman Conquest and Odo of Bayeux.

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• Authors: Suzanne Lewis, Suzanne (Stanford University Lewis, Lewis Suzanne
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2011
• EAN: 9781107403352
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40335-2
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Cambridge Studies in New Art H; Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; DESIGN / Textile & Costume, History of Art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, Textile artworks, Medieval style, ART / History / European / Medieval