Our dogs, our selves : dogs in Medieval and early modern art, literature, and society /

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Imprint:Boston : Brill, 2016.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Art and material culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; volume 6
Art and material culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; v. 6.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11757051
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Other authors / contributors:Gelfand, Laura Deborah, editor.
ISBN:9789004328617
9004328610
9789004269163
9004269169
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:The ubiquity of references to dogs in medieval and early modern texts and images must at some level reflect their actual presence in those worlds, yet scholarly consideration of this material is rare and scattered across diverse sources. This volume addresses that gap, bringing together fifteen essays that examine the appearance, meaning, and significance of dogs in painting, sculpture, manuscripts, literature, and legal records of the period, reaching beyond Europe to include cultural material from medieval Japan and Islam. While primarily art historical in focus, the authors approach the subject from a range of disciplines and with varying methodology that ultimately reveals as much about dogs as about the societies in which they lived.
Other form:Print version: Our dogs, our selves. Boston : Brill, 2016 9789004269163