The Experience of Beauty in the Middle Ages
| Author | : Mary Carruthers |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 254 |
| Release | : 2013-04-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199590322 |
| ISBN-13 | : 019959032X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (32X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Experience of Beauty in the Middle Ages by : Mary Carruthers
Download or read book The Experience of Beauty in the Middle Ages written by Mary Carruthers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses lexical analyses of key terms employed by medieval people to valuate their own aesthetic feelings to show how flux and change, and the creative tension of antithetical physical qualities from which all things were thought to be made (cold, hot, dry, wet), govern the pleasures medieval artists sought to produce.