TY - GEN digital ID - 131673043 TI - The Art of Law : Artistic Representations and Iconography of Law and Justice in Context, from the Middle Ages to the First World War AU - Huygebaert, Stefan AU - Martyn, Georges AU - Paumen, Vanessa AU - Bousmar, Eric AU - Rousseaux, Xavier PY - 2018 SN - 9783319907871 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Sociology of culture KW - Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law KW - International private law KW - History KW - cultuur KW - geschiedenis KW - internationaal privaatrecht KW - anno 500-1499 KW - anno 1910-1919 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131673043 AB - The contributions to this volume were written by historians, legal historians and art historians, each using his or her own methods and sources, but all concentrating on topics from the broad subject of historical legal iconography. How have the concepts of law and justice been represented in (public) art from the Late Middle Ages onwards? Justices and rulers had their courtrooms, but also churches, decorated with inspiring images. At first, the religious influence was enormous, but starting with the Early Modern Era, new symbols and allegories began appearing. Throughout history, art has been used to legitimise the act of judging, but artists have also satirised the law and the lawyers; architects and artisans have engaged in juridical and judicial projects and, in some criminal cases, convicts have even been sentenced to produce works of art. The book illustrates and contextualises the various interactions between law and justice on the one hand, and their artistic representations in paintings, statues, drawings, tapestries, prints and books on the other. ER -