Anglo-Saxon gestures and the Roman stage

Description:

"This book is concerned with the pictorial language of gesture revealed in Anglo-Saxon art, and its debt to classical Rome. Reginald Dodwell, an eminent art historian and former Director of the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, notes a striking similarity of both form and meaning between Anglo-Saxon gestures and those in illustrated manuscripts of the plays of Terence." "The book, which is extensively illustrated, illuminates our understanding of the vigour of late Anglo-Saxon art and its ability to absorb and transpose continental influence."--Jacket.

subjects: Latin drama, medieval and modern, history and criticism,  Gesture in literature,  Roman Illumination of books and manuscripts,  Gesture in art,  Appreciation,  Acting,  Latin drama (Comedy),  Illustrations,  Art, Anglo-Saxon,  Illumination of books and manuscripts, Anglo-Saxon,  Manuscripts,  Codice Bembino,  Gesture,  History