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Pious Journeys – Christian Devotional Art & Practice in the Later Middle Ages & Renaissance: Christian Devotional Art and Practice in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance - Softcover

Seidel, Linda

 
9780935573305: Pious Journeys – Christian Devotional Art & Practice in the Later Middle Ages & Renaissance: Christian Devotional Art and Practice in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0935573305 ISBN 13: 9780935573305
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2001

Synopsis

In their ongoing search for divinity, Western European Christians followed many different paths to a personal connection with the eternal, including the intimacies of private prayer, the spectacle of the Mass, and the veneration of saintly relics. Along the way, art objects and artifacts served as companions, guides and comforts. The essays in this catalogue consider the central role objects and images played in these spiritual journeys. They investigate imagery's critical role in the development of personal devotions, in the organization of liturgical worship, and in practices surrounding the institution of the Eucharist and the cult of saints.

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About the Author

Linda Seidel is Hanna Holborn Gray Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago. She is the author of several books, including Legend in Limestone, Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait, and Songs of Glory.

From the Back Cover

In their ongoing search for divinity, Western European Christians followed many different paths to a personal connection with the eternal, including the intimacies of private prayer, the spectacle of the Mass, and the veneration of saintly relics. Along the way, art objects and artifacts served as companions, guides, and comforts. The essays in this catalogue consider the central role objects and images played in these spiritual journeys. They investigate imagery's critical role in the development of personal devotions, in the organization of liturgical worship, and in practices surrounding the institution of the Eucharist and the cult of saints.

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In their ongoing search for divinity, Western European Christians followed many different paths to a personal connection with the eternal, including the intimacies of private prayer, the spectacle of the Mass, and the veneration of saintly relics. Along the way, art objects and artifacts served as companions, guides, and comforts. The essays in this catalogue consider the central role objects and images played in these spiritual journeys. They investigate imagery's critical role in the development of personal devotions, in the organization of liturgical worship, and in practices surrounding the institution of the Eucharist and the cult of saints.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0935573305
ISBN 13 
9780935573305
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
92