@article{898385,
      recid = {898385},
      author = {Huygebaert, Stefan,},
      title = {The art of law : artistic representations and iconography  of law and justice in context, from the Middle Ages to the  First World War /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {The contributions to this volume were written by  historians, legal historians and art historians, each using  his or her own methods and sources, but all concentrating  on topics from the broad subject of historical legal  iconography. How have the concepts of law and justice been  represented in (public) art from the Late Middle Ages  onwards? Justices and rulers had their courtrooms, but also  churches, decorated with inspiring images. At first, the  religious influence was enormous, but starting with the  Early Modern Era, new symbols and allegories began  appearing. Throughout history, art has been used to  legitimise the act of judging, but artists have also  satirised the law and the lawyers; architects and artisans  have engaged in juridical and judicial projects and, in  some criminal cases, convicts have even been sentenced to  produce works of art. The book illustrates and  contextualises the various interactions between law and  justice on the one hand, and their artistic representations  in paintings, statues, drawings, tapestries, prints and  books on the other.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/898385},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90787-1},
}