The art of law: artistic representations and iconography of law and justice in context, from the Middle Ages to the First World War
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Law, Justice and Art in Historical Perspective -- 1 Twenty New Contributions to the Upcoming Research Field of Historical Legal Iconology -- Abstract -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The 'Art of Law' in the Sense of...
| Summary: | Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Law, Justice and Art in Historical Perspective -- 1 Twenty New Contributions to the Upcoming Research Field of Historical Legal Iconology -- Abstract -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The 'Art of Law' in the Sense of Historical Legal Iconology -- 1.3 Law and Art in the Wider Field of Law and the Humanities -- 1.4 Twenty New Contributions to Historical Legal Iconology -- 1.4.1 General Thoughts -- 1.4.2 Moralising Law and Justice Representations in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Era -- 1.4.3 Lawyers and Justices: Their Books, Their Work, Their Symbols -- 1.4.4 Criminal Justice: Art, Object and Locus -- 1.4.5 Justice Architecture and Decorations in the Long Nineteenth Century -- 1.5 Illustrative Iconography, Elucidating Iconology, Indexes, New Horizons -- References -- 2 The Exhibition The Art of Law. Three Centuries of Justice Depicted -- Abstract -- 2.1 A Thematic Approach -- 2.2 Divine Judgment, Worldly Justice -- 2.3 Exempla Justitiae: Inspiring Examples -- 2.4 The Judge's Skin: The Judgment of Cambyses -- 2.5 The Practice of Justice Depicted -- 2.6 Lady Justice -- 2.7 A Stimulating Interdisciplinary Field of Study -- References -- 3 The Mirror Axiom: Legal Iconology and The Lure of Reflection -- Abstract -- 3.1 Pictorial Regimes -- 3.2 Iconologies -- 3.3 Specular Dogma -- 3.4 Distorted Reflexing -- 3.5 Luring Analogies -- 3.6 The Question of Style -- References -- Moralising Law and Justice Representations in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Era -- 4 Changes in Late-Medieval Artistic Representations of Hell in the Last Judgment in North-Central Italy, ca. 1300-1400: A Visual Trick? -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Iconography of Hell -- 4.3 The Punishment of Sinners -- 4.3.1 Beheading -- 4.3.2 Hanging -- 4.3.3 Boiling Alive -- 4.3.4 Impaling. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (462 pages) |
| ISBN: | 3319907875 |