The Significance of Sameness: An Overview of Standardization and Imitation in Medieval Art
Vibeke Olson
This introductory article considers the various forms in which sameness manifests itself art of Middle Ages. By examining approaches to (both scholarly and artistic) context copying, appropriation, production market demands, it reveals that, as a methodology, study can shed light on significance how why so much medieval appears share many similar characteristics. Although artists Ages copied, they did for reasons. Thus through an investigation varying takes art, clearer understanding creative process be gained.
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