TY - CHAP
T1 - Illuminations
T2 - Lights, Identities, and the Society of Spectacle in the Late Middle Ages
AU - Gutwirth, Eleazar
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - From a perspective anchored in the social history of material objects, this chapter explores a varied typology of primary sources on lamps in late medieval Iberia. It highlights certain themes: first the notion of lights as spectacle brings with it a focus on the gaze (of travellers, neighbours, artists, inquisitors, servants, and others) in a propitious period for such gazing, including attention to attitudes to the visual and narratives of meaning. This inevitably raises questions concerning the materials of the artisans and their patronage. The theme of numerous identities (such as family identity) is also pertinent.
AB - From a perspective anchored in the social history of material objects, this chapter explores a varied typology of primary sources on lamps in late medieval Iberia. It highlights certain themes: first the notion of lights as spectacle brings with it a focus on the gaze (of travellers, neighbours, artists, inquisitors, servants, and others) in a propitious period for such gazing, including attention to attitudes to the visual and narratives of meaning. This inevitably raises questions concerning the materials of the artisans and their patronage. The theme of numerous identities (such as family identity) is also pertinent.
U2 - 10.1484/M.MISCS-EB.5.133336
DO - 10.1484/M.MISCS-EB.5.133336
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SN - 9782503583945
T3 - Medieval identities, socio-cultural spaces
SP - 57
EP - 75
BT - Perception and Awareness: Artefacts and Imageries in Medieval European Jewish Cultures
A2 - Kogman-Appel, Katrin
A2 - Baumgarten, Elisheva
A2 - Hollender, Elisabeth
A2 - Shoham-Steiner, Ephraim
PB - Brepols
CY - Turnhout, Belgium
ER -