Issue #25

Abstract: Review of the books: Zotov S., Maizuls M., Kharman D. The Suffering Middle Ages. Paradoxes of Christian Iconography. — Moscow: AST, 2018. — 416 p.; Hartnell Jack. The Naked Middle Ages. Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages / Transl. from English by A.N. Murashov. — Moscow: AST, 2019. — 320 p. The review analyzes modern studies of medieval culture, iconography and everyday life. The paradoxes of Christian iconography, the features of the depiction of suffering and corporeality in medieval art are examined. The reviewer assesses the contribution of these works to the understanding of medieval mentality and visual culture.