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

Kaspersen, Søren ; & Haastrup, Ulla ; editors :

ISBN 10: 8772899034 / ISBN 13: 9788772899039

Published by Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen, 2004

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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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Images of Cult and Devotion : Function and Reception of Christian Images of Medieval and Post-medieval Europe
• Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen
• Publication Date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 8772899034
• ISBN 13: 9788772899039
• Binding: orig. boards
• Illustrator: 16pp photoplates.
• Condition: Minor wear. VG.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medieval Art History

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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.

About the Author

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