Commemorating the Polish Renaissance Child
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Commemorating the Polish Renaissance Child
Funeral Monuments and their European Context
Labno, Jeannie
Taylor & Francis Ltd
05/2011
472
Dura
Inglês
9780754668251
15 a 20 dias
Offers an overview of the wider cultural contexts of funerary monuments and where children fitted into this. This title looks at the 'forgotten Renaissance' of central Europe and the situation in Poland. It addresses the 'culture of memory', examining the role of funerary monuments in reinforcing social, religious and familial continuity.
Contents: Introduction; Part I Context: Shifting the Boundaries, Conceptual Identities and the Social Framework: Shifting boundaries and conceptual identities; Religion in Poland: 'a state without stakes'; Society; Summary part I. Part II Locating a Forgotten Renaissance: Borders, boundaries and barriers; Processes of Renaissance reception in Poland; Pathways of dissemination of artistic motifs: the putto and skull; Summary part II. Part III Culture of Death: In Memoria: Death and commemoration; Death and the child; Summary part III. Part IV The Monumental Body of the Renaissance Child: The monumental body of the Renaissance child: trends and patterns; The monumental body of the Renaissance child: the changing putto; The monumental body of the Renaissance child: other forms of visual presentation; Summary part IV. Part V The Polish Putto-and-Skull: Iconography and Iconology: The Polish putto-and-skull: iconographic layers of significance; The Polish putto-and-skull: rudiments of laughter, grotesque bodies and mythic boundaries; Conclusions; Catalogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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Offers an overview of the wider cultural contexts of funerary monuments and where children fitted into this. This title looks at the 'forgotten Renaissance' of central Europe and the situation in Poland. It addresses the 'culture of memory', examining the role of funerary monuments in reinforcing social, religious and familial continuity.
Contents: Introduction; Part I Context: Shifting the Boundaries, Conceptual Identities and the Social Framework: Shifting boundaries and conceptual identities; Religion in Poland: 'a state without stakes'; Society; Summary part I. Part II Locating a Forgotten Renaissance: Borders, boundaries and barriers; Processes of Renaissance reception in Poland; Pathways of dissemination of artistic motifs: the putto and skull; Summary part II. Part III Culture of Death: In Memoria: Death and commemoration; Death and the child; Summary part III. Part IV The Monumental Body of the Renaissance Child: The monumental body of the Renaissance child: trends and patterns; The monumental body of the Renaissance child: the changing putto; The monumental body of the Renaissance child: other forms of visual presentation; Summary part IV. Part V The Polish Putto-and-Skull: Iconography and Iconology: The Polish putto-and-skull: iconographic layers of significance; The Polish putto-and-skull: rudiments of laughter, grotesque bodies and mythic boundaries; Conclusions; Catalogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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