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The Ages of Man: Medieval Interpretations of the Life Cycle
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Ages of Man: Medieval Interpretations of the Life Cycle
Contributors:
By (Author) Elizabeth L. Sears
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
29th April 2019
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Human figures depicted in art
Dewey:
704.942094
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
320
Dimensions:
Width 203mm, Height 254mm
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
