Art of Estrangement

Patton, Pamela. Art of Estrangement. University Park: Penn State Press, 2012. First edition. Quarto. xi, 206pp. Original pictorial dustjacket over embossed blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Umbra endpapers. Color frontispiece. “At its peak in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the so-called Spanish Reconquest transformed the societies of the Iberian peninsula at nearly every level. Among the most vivid signs of this change were the innovative images developed by Christians to depict the subjugated Muslims and Jews within their vastly expanded kingdoms. In Art of Estrangement, Pamela Patton traces the transformation of Iberia’s Jews in the visual culture of Spain’s Christian-ruled kingdoms as those rulers strove to affiliate with mainstream Europe and distance themselves from an uncomfortable multicultural past.” (publisher). Profusely illustrated with color reproductions, some b/w, of art and excerpts form illuminated books. New. Hardcover. (38047) $75