Medieval Art

Continuing on with the slightly prurient theme of the last post, I also stumbled upon a posting on Nigel Warburton’s art and allusion blog with the irresistable title of Genitalia in Marginalia. It turns out that that is what the art historian Michael Camille wanted to call his book Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art. Warburton’s post has prompted me to order the book.

 

I see that Amazon lists a book of Camille’s that is due to be published next March: The Gargoyles of Notre Dame. I’m assuming that this will be a posthumous publication, since Camille died of a brain tumour in 2002 at the age of 44. It’s interesting that the gargoyle that graces the book’s cover is the same one as in this photograph of Camille. I also like the way in which Camille turns the image into a mirror – is the gargoyle the reflection of Camille, or is it vice versa?