Images et imaginaire au Moyen Âge - Annie Cazenave

Images et imaginaire au Moyen Âge - Annie Cazenave

Images and imagination in the Middle Ages - The mental and dreamlike universe of medieval man: from Chartres to Normandy, from the Pyrenees to the confines of unknown worlds.


A specialist in medieval thought and philosophy, Annie Cazenave invites us here to a very surprising walk. From the labyrinth and the original iconography of the cathedral of Chartres to the representations of Africa and Asia, through tales and fantastic imagery, that of monsters and sirens, this work plunges us An evident and communicative delight in the mental and dream world of the men and women of the Middle Ages. It deals with very different themes, all leading nevertheless towards a common goal: the discovery of men and a thought that is perhaps not so far from our own ... if we want, with The author, borrow some "bridges" between this distant past and times closer to us. The joys and fears of the time have adopted other forms ... but are they really so different?

This university medievalist shows us that she can transcend her imposing culture; A semi-popularization that preserves the elegance of knowledge.

The author:

Annie Cazenave, specialist in medieval thought and philosophy, is an engineer at the CNRS and a graduate of the Louvre school.



Summary:

Introduction: La mémoire, ou les chemins de l'imaginaire
Première Partie:    IMAGES
        L'ensemble iconographique de Chartres
        Chartres et Jérusalem, ou la cathédrale et le temple
        A propos de l'iconographie et du langage à l'époque romane
        La coiffure comme marque d'identité
        Pulchrum et formosum : le sentiment du beau au Moyen Age
Seconde Partie:    IMAGINAIRE
        Hommes et animaux dans le Moyen Age chrétien
        La grotte, le château et l'enchantement
        L'exotisme au temps d'Albert le Grand Monstres et merveilles
        Les voyages en Asie ou le choc du réel
        Le merveilleux dans la littérature orale et écrite