Viduramžiai: menininko socialinė padėtis ir vertybės
The Middle Ages: The Social Status of the Artist and his Values

Summary/Abstract: The author analyses the various peculiarities of the artist’s social status in medieval society. He claims that medieval craftsmanship was fertile soil for cultivating anonymous artistic talents and for the flourishing of the arts. The history of art shows the creative nature and the extraordinary skills of medieval artisans. The field of their axiological orientations embraced both perennial Church values and everchanging lay values. The thesis concerning the narrow-mindedness of the medieval artist is nothing other than the result of an unprofessional historical and culturological approach to the subject matter.

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