Magnificence and the Sublime in Medieval Aesthetics: Art, Architecture, Literature, Music

Lively and deeply productive discussions have focused on the topics of "magnificence" and "the sublime" in the art and literature of antiquity, the Renaissance, and the ages following. They have engaged major figures from Ernst Gombrich to Theodore Adorno to Jean-Francois Lyotard. Yet, these discussions have virtually bypassed the Middle Ages. The essays in Magnificence and the Sublime in Medieval Aesthetics reclaim a position for the medieval period in the theoretical discussion of art, architecture, music, and literature. These analyses of an aesthetic of grandeur show an artistic practice in the Middle Ages that strove for and celebrated grand effects.

Author: S. Jaeger
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/26/2010
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230618985

About the Author

C. STEPHEN JAEGER is Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Germanic Language and Literature at the University of Illinois, USA.