1. Horologium Sapientae: The Clock of Wisdom
The early 1300s saw a scientific and technological revolution that changed forever not only the Medieval view of time, but the artistic representation of it. ... While the use of Old and New Testament figures together is partially due to the influence of typology, it also reflects the Medieval conception of time. This tends to blend the past, present and future into a cyclical view, which regards the future as naught but the End of Times, even the distant past as relatively recent, and the present as everything in the eyes of God (Camille 74-94). ... As a side note, this work seems to be one o...
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