Parution : Beate Fricke, “Creation and Creativity in Medieval Art. Illustrating Genesis”, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2025
Creation imagery in manuscripts made in the Middle Ages became a locus for visual experimentation as well as the expression of ideas about creativity. By examining representations of divine creation and illustrations of the creation stories in Genesis, this book links medieval ideas about creation, the characteristic of the Divine Creator, and the act of creation with themes in medieval thought about the work of medieval artists. Case studies from manuscripts illuminating the creation dating...



