Gale R Owen-Crocker

The Bayeux Tapestry

Collected Papers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of fifteen papers ranges from the author's initial interest in the Tapestry as a source of information on early medieval dress, through to her startling recognition of the embroidery's sophisticated narrative structure. Developing the work of previous authors who had identified graphic models for some of the images, she argues that

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 168mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780367601843
• ISBN-10: 0367601842
• Artikelnr.: 73391160

Autorenporträt

Gale Owen-Crocker is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface, Shirley Ann Brown; Introduction; Part I Textile: Behind
the Bayeux Tapestry; The Bayeux 'tapestry': invisible seams and visible
boundaries; Fur, feathers, skin, fibre, wood: representational techniques
in the Bayeux Tapestry. Part II Sources: Reading the Bayeux Tapestry
through Canterbury eyes; Stylistic variation and Roman influence in the
Bayeux Tapestry. Part III Narrative Devices: The embroidered word: text in
the Bayeux Tapestry. Telling a tale: narrative techniques in the Bayeux
Tapestry and the Old English epic Beowulf; Brothers, rivals and the
geometry of the Bayeux Tapestry. Part IV Borders: Squawk talk: commentary
by birds in the Bayeux Tapestry?; The Bayeux tapestry: the voice from the
border. Part V Dress: The Bayeux 'tapestry': culottes, tunics and garters
and the making of the hanging; Dress and authority in the Bayeux Tapestry.
Part VI Detail: Embroidered wood: animal-headed posts in the Bayeux
'Tapestry'; The interpretation of gesture in the Bayeux Tapestry; Hawks and
horse-trappings: the insignia of rank; Index.