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Kuehn’s research highlights the "Common Culture" of the medieval Near East. She demonstrates that despite religious differences, Christian and Muslim artists used a nearly identical visual vocabulary to express fears of the unknown and the majesty of the divine.
Compares the iconography of St. George and St. Theodore with Islamic "warrior-saints."
Links the dragon to the lunar nodes ( Jawzahar ) in medieval astrology. Kuehn, The Dragon in Medieval East Christian an...
Focuses on the dragon as a protective guardian of portals and palaces.
Discusses the transition from the dragon as a "chaos-monster" to a symbol of dynastic authority. Kuehn’s research highlights the "Common Culture" of the
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Kuehn, Sara. The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art . Leiden: Brill, 2011. Core Thesis George and St
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