History of Medieval Art

Dear Colleagues,

The Middle Ages are characterized as a complex period from multiple political, social, economic, religious and cultural points of view. This last area, although intimately and inevitably related to the previous ones, is precisely the central theme around which we intend to articulate this Special Issue: “The History of Medieval Art”. In this sense, the complexity to which we refer is reflected in the plurality of its historical–artistic manifestations, framed in periods such as the High Middle Ages, the Full Middle Ages and the Late Middle Ages. Without wishing to conceive of these periods as watertight departments, we are addressing an artistic language characterized by the survival of tradition but, simultaneously, marked by certain novelties and influences that tend to be interrelated and materialized until the beginning of the Modern Age.

Even with the aim of achieving a better understanding of artistic objects and the context in which they were created, the analysis and study of written documentation are essential in the field of Art History, so it is necessary to review the texts that focus on this in particular and value, in this way, the documentary legacy that we preserve of this time.

There are several specialists in the international scene who enrich this scenario with new approaches and focuses; thus, we wish to make room in this Special Issue for researchers who desire to share the results of their latest work with the scientific community. And it is precisely this plurality of medieval art that we intend to reflect here, through various contributions that allow us to approach the Christian, Muslim and Hebrew worlds from the perspective of Art History as a discipline.

Dr. Ignacio González Cavero
Guest Editor

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• architecture
• sculpture
• painting
• sumptuary arts
• cultural transfer
• written documentation