Pious Journeys - Christian Devotional Art and Practice in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance

Summary

In their protracted search for divinity, Western European Christians follwed many paths to personal connection with the eternal, including the acquisition of art, objects and artifacts. The essays in this work consider the role these objects and images played in these spiritual journeys.

Product details

• Assisted by: Linda Seidel (Editor), Seidel Linda (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2001
• EAN: 9780935573305
• ISBN: 978-0-935573-30-5
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 20 mm x 28 mm x 1 mm
• Weight: 482 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Europe, ART / History / General, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, ART / European, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Art, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Religious subjects depicted in art, Religious and ceremonial art