Veronica Sekules

This is, hands-down, the best kind of thing to read if you really want to put yourself in the mind of Medieval man. Veronica Sekules covers so much...the role of the artist in his world, socially and economically, and even amongst his own family; themes in art of humanity struggling with nature; diagrams (even in stained glass windows) and illuminated memory devices...Additionally, there are some real gems in here which you MUST NOT MISS if the Middle Ages thrills you at all, such as a saddle from the court of Vlad Drakul and the tomb of a woman who is depicted in the sculpture on her resting-place as in repose...and reading.… (meer)