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Author Grollemond, Larisa, author.

Title The fantasy of the Middle Ages : an epic journey through imaginary medieval worlds / Larisa Grollemond and Bryan C. Keene
Published Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 133 pages) : color illustrations
Contents Foreword / Timothy Potts -- Preface / Michele Clapton -- Introduction : an Arthur tale for every generation ; Mapping Mythical Medieval Worlds ; Postmedieval fantasy ; Defining medieval, medievalism, and fantasy -- Once upon a time in the Middle Ages : the medieval imagination ; The boundary between history and fantasy ; Whose Middle Ages? ; Modern medievalisms -- Knights and princesses : the cast of characters of the Middle Ages ; Medieval gender roles expanded and their afterlives examined ; "Who run the world?" ; Beyond Binaries -- And they lived happily ever after : a magical Middle Ages ; Nature, the cosmos, and occult practices ; Reynard and Robin Hood : The Case of Talking Animals ; From fairy tales to fantasy -- Medieval times : staging the Middle Ages ; Tournaments and pageantry ; Reenacting the past ; Reconstructing the Middle Ages : Castles and Cathedrals -- Screen time : a cinematic fantasy Middle Ages ; The reel Middle Ages; Lutes and Flutes ; Costume and set design -- Epilogue : a medieval future of the past
Summary "This illustrated book explores the impact of medieval imagery on three hundred years of visual culture up until the present day"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Issued on the occasion of the exhibition Fantasy of the Middle Ages, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from June 21 to September 11, 2022
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 15, 2022)
Subject Middle Ages in popular culture -- Exhibitions
Middle Ages in art -- Exhibitions
Civilization, Medieval, in art -- Exhibitions
Medievalism in art -- Exhibitions
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Exhibitions
ART / General.
Civilization, Medieval, in art.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
Medievalism in art.
Middle Ages in art.
Middle Ages in popular culture.
Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs.
Form Electronic book
Author Keene, Bryan C., author.
J. Paul Getty Museum, host institution, issuing body.
LC no. 2021054979
ISBN 9781606067598
1606067591
9781606067604
1606067605