The art of devotion in the late Middle Ages in Europe, 1300-1500
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Author
Contributions
- Rijksmuseum (Netherlands) - Contributor
Publication
1994 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
48,000 words, Guess
Page Count
192 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1091245M
- ISBN-100691037930
- OCLC Control Number30318387
- OCLC Control Numberartofdevotioninl1994oshw
- Library of Congress Control Number94015506
and 2 more
- Goodreads3384339
- LibraryThing524655
Classifications
- DDC709/.02/3
- LCCN8248.S77 O8 1994
Alternate Titles
- Art of devotion, 1300-1500.
Description
"Art for private devotion, or 'props in an intimate theatre of spirituality' as Henk van Os characterizes it, includes some of the most extraordinary as well as the most beautiful objects created in the Late Middle Ages. Selecting the best preserved and most interesting examples of devotional art made in Europe in the two centuries before the Reformation, the author dramatically draws aside the veil on the prayer and meditation 'exercises' which the clergy and high-placed laity once practiced, using these objects as an aid towards their passionately desired goal of communion with Jesus. This book makes available a modern, well informed perspective on medieval religious art and iconography. It covers fundamental attitudes to images, the connection between art, relics, and visions, the relationship of public and private art, the role of local saints and religious movements."--Publisher description.
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