Images of Cult and Devotion: Function and Reception of Christian Images in Medieval and Post-Medieval Europe - Hardcover

 
9788772899039: Images of Cult and Devotion: Function and Reception of Christian Images in Medieval and Post-Medieval Europe
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 8772899034 ISBN 13: 9788772899039
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2004

Synopsis

In recent decades, art historical writing has focused strongly on the use and reception of images. The contributions in this publication are devoted to two crucial concepts or functions of Christian images in the Middle Ages and the post-Reformation period: the image of cult and the image of devotion ('Andachtsbild').The contributions present and discuss visual art and the receptions and functions of pictures in the western (and eastern) European area from Late Antiquity to the 18th century. Furthermore, they bring into focus a rich Nordic material, which until now has been practically unknown in an international context. Several of the articles are are written in German.

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About the Author

Søren Kaspersen (1944) is Associate Professor at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

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Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
8772899034
ISBN 13 
9788772899039
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
328
Editor
Kaspersen Søren, Haastrup Ulla