Kalkmålningarna som retorik [summary: Wall-paintings as rhetoric]

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Abstract

Late medieval wall-paintings are part of sacred rhetoric, intended to convey the moral sense of Christian salvation history to churchgoers. The paintings of Albertus Pictor are studied according to the rhetorical principles set down in Augustine's De doctrina christiana and medieval scriptural interpretation.
Original languageSwedish
Title of host publicationDen mångsidige målaren. Vidgade perspektiv på Albertus Pictors bild- och textvärld
EditorsJan Öberg, Erika Kihlman, Pia Mehlin
PublisherSällskapet Runica et Mediaevalia
Pages123-135
VolumeScripta maiora, 4
ISBN (Print)978-91-88568-34-2
Publication statusPublished - 2007

Publication series

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VolumeScripta maiora, 4
ISSN (Print)1103-7997

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Languages and Literature

Free keywords

  • exempla
  • spiritual sense of Old Testament.
  • Täby church
  • wall-paintings
  • Albertus Pictor
  • De doctrina christiana
  • Augustine

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