Mediaeval Art and Aesthetics in "The Canterbury Tales."
- Author / Editor
- Mroczkowski, Przemysław.
Mediaeval Art and Aesthetics in "The Canterbury Tales."
- Published
- Speculum 33.2 (1958): 204-21.
- Description
- Sketches the development of "Gothic humanism," Platonism, and naturalism in medieval "plastic arts" and theory, locating similar principles and practices in CT--the principles expressed at the opening of PhyT and the practices found in a variety of examples where Chaucer's descriptions reflect idealism, dynamism, decorousness, and aesthetic incongruity, particularly in his "concrete and often minute or humorous details." Explores how Chaucer may have encountered Gothic style through travel and reading, and identifies possible correspondences between his verbal descriptions and visual iconography found in manuscript illuminations, misericords, carved ivories, and architectural details.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Canterbury Tales--General
Style and Versification
Physician and His Tale