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Spies returning from Canaan, misericord

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Description: Spies returning from Canaan, misericord

TitleSpies returning from Canaan, misericord

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1470–1500

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationRipon Cathedral, UK

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsMonsters in artHistory of Biblical events--ArtRelief (Sculpture), Medieval

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1. Making Men Known by Sight: Classical Theories, Monstrous Races, and Sin

Debra Higgs Strickland

Description: Saracens, Demons, and Jews: Making Monsters in Medieval Art

Saracens, Demons, and Jews: Making Monsters in Medieval Art

ENEMIES OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH not only followed the wrong religion; they were also literally ugly as sin. This chapter will examine the conceptual origins of this ugliness and the process by which flawed physical form came to be identified with character defects and moral failings. The ideas that provided the complex infrastructure for the simple medieval dichotomy of...

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Debra Higgs Strickland

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Copyright© 2003 Princeton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.29-59

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00183.003

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Chapter subject tags:Illumination of books and manuscripts, MedievalMonsters--Symbolic aspectsArt, MedievalCivilization, Medieval--Classical influencesAstrology, MedievalClimate and civilization, MedievalBlack people in art--MedievalStereotypes (Social psychology) in art--MedievalPhysiognomy in art--MedievalMinorities in art--MedievalChristian art and symbolism--EthiopiaMongols--History--To 1500Muslims--India--History

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