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The Biblical Foundations of Medieval Aesthetics

by Connor Hill

  • Publisher: Colloquium
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

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The present study examines the biblical foundations that undergirded medieval aesthetic theory and practice from roughly the fifth through the fourteenth centuries, tracing how exegetes, theologians, artists, and theorists discovered within the pages of the Old and New Testaments not merely incidental comments about beauty but rather a comprehensive vision of aesthetic order, purpose, and meaning. Unlike modern aesthetics, which typically finds its origins in eighteenth-century philosophical inquiry and which maintains a studied autonomy from religious commitments, medieval reflection on beauty remained inextricably bound to theological concerns and to the interpretation of scripture. To understand medieval aesthetics, therefore, requires understanding how medieval readers approached the biblical text as a source of wisdom about the nature and purpose of beautiful things in the created order and in human making.
The Biblical Foundations of Medieval Aesthetics and Bernard of Clairvaux's Descriptions of Virtues From His Sermons
Bernard of Clairvaux's Descriptions of Virtues From His SermonsThe Biblical Foundations of Medieval Aesthetics

  • Title

    The Biblical Foundations of Medieval Aesthetics

  • Publisher

    Colloquium

  • Published

    December 2025

  • Weight

    373g

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9798232402006

  • ISBN-10

    8232402008

  • Eden Code

    7387698

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