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Allegories of the virtues and vices in medieval art: from early Christian times to the thirteenth century

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ISBN	0802067069 (pbk.)
ISBN	9780802067067 (pbk.)
Author	Katzenellenbogen, Adolf 1901-1964
Title	Allegories of the virtues and vices in medieval art : from early Christian times to the thirteenth century / by Adolf Katzenellenbogen ; [translated from the German by Alan J.P. Crick]
Publisher	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, in association with the Medieval Academy of America, 1989
Physical desc.	viii, 102 p. 48 p. of plates ; ill. ; 23 cm.
Series	Medieval Academy reprints for teaching 24
Note	First published: London : Warburg Institute, 1939, as volume 10 of Studies of the Warburg Institute.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Pt. 1: Dynamic representations of the conflict between virtues and vices. The illustrated manuscripts of the 'Psychomachia' and their influence -- The virtues triumphant -- Man's arduous ascent to God (The ladder of virtue) -- Pt. 2: Static representations of systems of virtues and vices. Virtues in human form -- Particular allegories of virtues and vices -- The virtue and vice cycle of Notre-Dame -- Appendix: The influence of the virtue and vice cycle of Notre-Dame.
Subject	Christian art and symbolism
	Symbolism in art
	Virtues in art
	Vices in art
	Art, Medieval
Added name(s)	Crick, Alan J.P.
Series Added Entry	Studies of the Warburg Institute

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