{"product_id":"the-medieval-art-of-fear-ravinder-s-binning-9780226846279","title":"The Medieval Art of Fear","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bold new approach to medieval art and architecture's shaping of psychosomatic experience. \u003cbr\u003e ​\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the medieval world, experiences of fear attained a mystical significance: monks, urban publics, and even emperors pursued horror and grief to explore the limits of fantasy, sensation, and catharsis. In this book, Ravinder S. Binning examines an expansive archive ranging from poetry and scientific treatises to artistic works in ivory and crystal to recover an aesthetic tradition centered on optical tension, spatial suspense, and tactile experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moving between early monastic spaces in Egypt and major urban centers like Constantinople from the fourth through the thirteenth centuries, \u003ci\u003eThe Medieval Art of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the psychosomatic experience of fear became the deliberate object of mystical practices, meditation, and other embodied techniques across the medieval world. The result is a powerful exploration of the aesthetic effects behind some of the medieval world's most ambitious works, whose influence extends well beyond the Middle Ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ravinder S. Binning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022684627X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226846279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2026 pg. 60","brand":"Ravinder S. Binning","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48852628734207,"sku":"9780226846279","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-medieval-art-of-fear-ravinder-s-binning-9780226846279","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}