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History as a Visual Art in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
History as a Visual Art in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance
Contributors:
By (Author) Karl F. Morrison
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
111.85
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
292
Dimensions:
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Weight:
510g
Description
Karl Morrison discusses historical writing at a turning point in European culture: the so-called Renaissance of the twelfth century. Why do texts considered at that time to be masterpieces seem now to be fragmentary and full of contradictions Morrison maintains that the answer comes from ideas about art. Viewing histories as artifacts made accordi
