A Distant City: Images of Urban Experience in the Medieval World

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In a remarkable synthesis of iconography and social history, Chiara Frugoni addresses the changing concept of the city as revealed in visual and literary images throughout medieval Europe. By exploring the sentiments expressed through the image of the city, she traces how notions of civic identity became fused in the consciousness of the people and in the daily flow of their lives. An examination of cities depicted in early medieval illustrations...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691040834

ISBN13:9780691040837

Release Date:February 1991

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:1.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"

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Art Arts, Music & Photography

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