Quid est sacramentum?: Visual Representation of Sacred Mysteries in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1700

Author:   Walter Melion ,  Elizabeth Carson Pastan ,  Lee Palmer Wandel
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   65/1
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9789004408937


Pages:   662
Publication Date:   24 October 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Walter Melion ,  Elizabeth Carson Pastan ,  Lee Palmer Wandel
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   65/1
Weight:   1.372kg
ISBN:  

9789004408937


ISBN 10:   9004408932
Pages:   662
Publication Date:   24 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes on the Editors Notes on the Contributors 1 Quid est sacramentum?: Introduction Walter S. Melion Part 1: Representing the Sacraments 2 Counterfeiting the Eucharist in Late Medieval Life and Art Aden Kumler 3 Vestments in the Mass Lee Palmer Wandel 4 'In the Flesh a Mirror of Spiritual Blessings': Calvin's Defence of the Lord's Supper as a Visual Accommodation AnnMarie M. Bridges 5 'Mystery' or 'Sacrament': Ephesians 5:32, the Sacrament of Marriage in Early Modern Biblical Scholarship, and Nicolas Poussin's Visual Exegesis Wim Francois 6 Hoc Est Corpus Meum: Whole-Body Catacomb Saints and Eucharistic Doctrine in Baroque Bavaria Noria K. Litaker 7 Staging Sacramental Consolation in Vienna Robert L. Kendrick Part 2: Sacramental Modes of Representation 8 Seeing beyond Signs: Allegorical Explanations of the Mass in Medieval Dutch Literature Anna Dlabacova 9 Representing Architecture in the Altarpiece: Fictions, Strategies, and Mysteries Elizabeth Carson Pastan 10 Orchestrating Polyphony at the Altar: Passion Altarpieces in Late Medieval France Donna L. Sadler 11 God's Design: Painting and Piety in the Vida of Estefania de la Encarnacion (ca. 1597-1665) Tanya J. Tiffany 12 Amber, Blood, and the Holy Face of Jesus: the Materiality of Devotion in Late Medieval Bruges Elliott D. Wise and Matthew Havili 13 Anchoring the Appearance of the Sacred: the Abbot of Choisy & His Translation of the Imitatio Christi (1692) Lars Cyril Norgaard 14 Spiritual and Material Conversions: Federico Barocci's Christ and Mary Magdalene Bronwen Wilson Part 3: Representing Divine Presence and the Mysteries of Faith 15 The Fine Art of Dying: Envisioning Death in the Somme le Roi Tradition Alexa Sand 16 Christ Child Creator David S. Areford 17 Lady Scripture's Sacred Commitments: Dialogic Understanding in Dutch Religious Literature of the Late Fifteenth Century Geert Warnar 18 Coemeterium Schola: the Emblematic Imagery of Death in Jan David, S.J.'s Veridicus Christianus Walter S. Melion 19 The Limits of 'Mute Theology': Charles Le Brun's Lecture on Nicolas Poussin's Ecstasy of Saint Paul Revisited James Clifton 20 A Private Mystery: Looking at Philippe de Champaigne's Annunciation for the Hotel de Chavigny Mette Birkedal Bruun Index Nominum

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Walter S. Melion, Ph.D. (1988), is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Art History at Emory University, where he also directs the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry. He has published extensively on Northern art and art theory and on Jesuit image theory. Elizabeth Carson Pastan, Ph.D. (1986) is Professor of Art History at Emory University, and President of the American Committee of the Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, the body of scholars devoted to the study of stained glass. A medievalist, she has published extensively on stained glass and issues of patronage, as well as the Bayeux Embroidery. Lee Palmer Wandel, Ph.D. (1985), is the WARF Michael Baxandall and Linda and Stanley Sher Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She has published extensively on the Reformation, including books on poor relief, iconoclasm, and the liturgy.

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