Medieval Monsters

Informationen zum Autor Damien Kempf is a medieval historian specialising in the study and interpretation of manuscripts. Maria L. Gilbert is senior writer and editor at the J. Paul Getty Museum Klappentext From satyrs and sea creatures to griffins and dragons, monsters lay at the heart of the medieval world. Believed to dwell in exotic, remote areas, these inexplicable parts of God's creation aroused fear, curiosity and wonder in equal measure. Powerfully captured in the illustrations of manuscripts, such as bestiaries, travel books and devotional works, they continue to delight audiences today with their vitality and humour. Medieval Monsters shows how strange creatures sparked artists' imaginations to remarkable heights. Half-human hybrids of land and sea mingle with bewitching demons, blemmyae, cyclops and multi-headed beasts of nightmare and comic grotesques. Over 100 wondrous and terrifying images offer a fascinating insight into the medieval mind. Zusammenfassung Medieval Monsters shows how strange creatures sparked artists' imaginations to remarkable heights. Half-human hybrids of land and sea mingle with bewitching demons! blemmyae! cyclops and multi-headed beasts of nightmare and comic grotesques. Over 100 wondrous and terrifying images offer a fascinating insight into the medieval mind.

Product details

• Authors: Maria L. Gilbert, Gilbert Maria L., Damien Kempf, Damien Gilbert Kempf, Kempf Damien
• Publisher: British Library
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.04.2015
• EAN: 9780712357906
• ISBN: 978-0-7123-5790-6
• No. of pages: 96
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), Medieval History, British & Irish history, Folklore, myths & legends, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)