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Creation and Creativity in Medieval Art: Illustrating Genesis book cover

1st Edition

Creation and Creativity in Medieval Art Illustrating Genesis

By Beate Fricke Copyright 2025
286 Pages
by Routledge

Creation imagery in manuscripts made in the Middle Ages became a locus for visual experimentation as well as the expression of ideas about creativity. By examining representations of divine creation and illustrations of the creation stories in Genesis, this book links medieval ideas about creation, the characteristic of the Divine Creator, and the act of creation with themes in medieval thought... Read more
Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Creator and Artist, 2. Creating the Cosmos, 3. Creation and Composition, Conclusion, Index, Illustrations

Biography

Before joining the University of Bern (Switzerland) in 2017, Beate Fricke was Professor for Medieval Art at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on the history of cultural heritage, sculpture, image theories, and objects as archives of a history of applied arts, materiality, knowledge transfer and trade in the global Middle Ages. Together with Finbarr Barry Flood she co-authored the monograph Tales things Tell. Material Histories of Early Globalisms, 2023. She was Principal investigator of the research project Global Horizons in Pre-Modern Art (ERC) and is leading the project The Inheritance of Looting. Medieval Trophies to Modern Museums (SNF). She is founder and Editor-in-chief of the journal 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual. Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte und Visuellen Kultur (link: https://21-inquiries.eu/en)

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