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

25x21cm, 311,(16) pp., Weighs 1.3 kilos. Contains 16 papers, in English & German. Includes: Christian reliquaries and pagan idols; The cult of medieval wooden sculptures in post- Reformation Norway; The Passion of Christ in late medieval wall-paintings :an example of the impact of new forms of devotion on the composition and use of ecclesiastical art in Finland at the end of the Middle Ages; The sinner's contemplation : protestant heart symbolism and the meditation on the 'Via poenitentiae' : a protestant meditation on the 'Ordo salutis' ; ' Rembrandt's mother' by Gerard Dou related to one aspect of Scandinavian mid-17th century use of the series of copper engravings by Anton Wierix, titled 'Cor Iesu amanti sacrum'; The spatial setting of worship : some observations on the relation between altarpieces and churches; Obtrusive paintings : Pordenone and the Baroque tendencies in Italian art at the beginning of the 16th century ; The iconography of the enthroned Virgin with the Christ Child standing in her lap; etc.…