1st Edition
Ornament and Monstrosity in Early Modern Art
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
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Early modern art features a remarkable fascination with ornament, both as decorative device and compositional strategy, across artistic media and genres. Interestingly, the inventive, elegant manifestations of ornament in the art of the period often include layers of disquieting paradoxes, creating tensions - monstrosities even - that manifest themselves in a variety of ways. In some cases,... Read more
INTRODUCTION, GROTESQUES, SACRED SPACE AND NARRATIVE, AGENCY AND ORNAMENT ENLIVENED
Biography
Chris Askholt Hammeken has a PhD in Art History from Aarhus University.
Maria Fabricius Hansen is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Copenhagen.
