The Art of Anglo-Saxon England - Catherine E. Karkov - Books - Boydell & Brewer Ltd - 9781843836285 - June 16, 2011
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Catherine E. Karkov
The Art of Anglo-Saxon England

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Two particular perspectives inform this wide-ranging and richly illustrated survey of the art produced in England, or by English artists, between ca. 600 and ca. 1100, in a variety of media, manuscripts, stone and wooden sculpture, ivory carving, textiles, and architecture. Firstly, from a post-colonial angle, it examines the way art can both create and narrate national and cultural identity over the centuries during which England was coming into being, moving from Romano-Britain to Anglo-Saxon England to Anglo-Scandinavian England to Anglo-Norman England. Secondly, it treats Anglo-Saxon art as works of art, works that have both an aesthetic and an emotional value, rather than as simply passive historical or archaeological objects. This double focus on art as an aesthetic vehicle and art as an active political force allows us to ask questions not only about what makes something a work of art, but what makesit endure as such, as well as questions about the work that art does in the creation of peoples, cultures, nations and histories.

Professor Catherine Karkov teaches in the School of Fine Art, University of Leeds.
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Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released June 16, 2011
ISBN13 9781843836285
Publishers Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Pages 348
Dimensions 172 × 244 × 29 mm   ·   1.08 kg
Language English  

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