Technology of Salvation and the Art of Geertgen Tot Sint Jans

Informationen zum Autor John R. Decker is an Art Historian at Georgia State University in Atlanta! Georgia. In addition to Northern art and architecture! his research interests also include: scholastic theology! monasticism! lay piety! lay spiritual movements! and the role of images and objects in devotional theory and practice. Klappentext Investigating the complex interactions between devotional imagery and Church doctrine in the Low Countries during the fifteenth century! this book demonstrates how the pictorial arts intersected with popular religious practice. It features the conceptual frameworks underlying the use and production of religious art in this period. Zusammenfassung Investigating the complex interactions between devotional imagery and Church doctrine in the Low Countries during the fifteenth century, this book demonstrates how the pictorial arts intersected with popular religious practice. It features the conceptual frameworks underlying the use and production of religious art in this period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; 'A painter in his mother's womb'; The technology of salvation; Engendering contrition! perfecting the soul; Grace to the humble; Taming the wilderness; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John R. Decker, JohnR. Decker
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.04.2009
• EAN: 9780754664536
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-6453-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Visual Culture in Early Modernity; Visual Culture in Early Modernity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art