Locus of Meaning in Medieval Art

Lena Liepe is a professor at the University of Oslo in the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas.

• Introduction by Lena LiepePart 1. Methodological IssuesPreface by Lena LiepeThe Study of Iconography and Iconology of Medieval Art: A Historiographic Survey by Lena LiepePanopticon of Art History: Some Notes on Iconology, Interpretation, and Fears by Elina RäsänenIconography and Anthropology: A Re-Evaluation of the Panofskian Model with an Anthropological Perspective by Søren KaspersenVisual Metaphors, Reinforcing Attributes, and Panofsky’s Primary Level of Interpretation by Jan von BonsdorffThe Image as Contact Medium: Mediation, Multimodality, and Haptics in Medieval Imagery by Hans Henrik Lohfert JørgensenPart 2. Case Studies  Preface by Lena LiepeUnderstanding Islamic Features in Norwegian Romanesque Architecture by Kjartan HauglidLooking at the Ladies: An Intervisual Approach to the Portraits of Jeanne de France, the Virgin, and St. Anne in the Lamoignon Hours (ca. 1415) by Ragnhild BøIconography and Visions: St. Birgitta’s Revelation of the Nativity of Christ by Maria H. Oen