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Löwe, Wölfin, Greif

Monumentale Tierbronzen im Mittelalter

Joanna Olchawa editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:De Gruyter

Published:16th Dec '20

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Löwe, Wölfin, Greif cover

The "lion of Saint Mark's" in Venice, the "Capitoline wolf" in Rome, or the "griffin" on the imperial palace in Goslar: Monumental animal bronzes dominated many medieval cities and palaces. Whether taken from antiquity, reworked, and partially altered, or cast anew, they represent ideal figures of identification for single individuals or social groups until today due to their size, positioning, and generally open meaning. The book takes a look for the first time at selected bronzes south and north of the Alps, their histories and modes of reception from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective.

ISBN: 9783110615166

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 828g

238 pages