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Author:   Katherine T. Brown (Walsh University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781472476500

ISBN 10:   1472476506
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   11 November 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements A Case Study Introduction Chapter 1 Iconographic origins as a devotional image Pose and gesture Standing posture Extended arms Cruciform composition Flying or hovering pose Gaze, expression and demeanor Clothing Mantle and veil Classical literature, law and numismatics Medieval liturgy, law and seals Roman and Byzantine dress Roman sculpture Old Testament Apocryphal early life of Mary Relics of Mary’s garments in Constantinople Legends of visions Armenian Cilicia Cyprus The Crusades Bari Venice Veiling and unveiling the flesh of Christ Prayers, sermons and hymns Cloaks and charity in medieval hagiography Brooch Belt Hairstyles, crowns and halos Figures and objects Angels and saints Christ child Stars and ships Arrows Vessels Flowers and fruit Furniture and architecture Backgrounds and borders Formal elements Hieratic scale Architectonic space Implied light Shapes of supports Adoption by religious orders The Cistercians The Dominicans The Franciscans Related versions of Mary Madonna del Soccorso Madonna del Rosario Madonna del Popolo Chapter 2 Virgin of Mercy as civic emblem for lay confraternities Supplicants under the cloak Lay confraternities and their emblems Architectural relief sculpture Gonfaloni Invocation against the plague Chapter 3 Diffusion, regional styles, and adaptations Italian Peninsula The South Central Italy The North Western Europe France and England Slovenia, Austria and Germany Spain and Portugal Ukraine and Russia Epilogue Selected Bibliography

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""The [author] discusses the topic extensively and in great detail, making all kinds of connections. ... [The] book [is] rich in interesting observations and beautiful illustrations about an appealing and popular iconographic theme, spread throughout Europe and still present in our time and age."" - Analecta Bollandiana

The [author] discusses the topic extensively and in great detail, making all kinds of connections. ... [The] book [is] rich in interesting observations and beautiful illustrations about an appealing and popular iconographic theme, spread throughout Europe and still present in our time and age. - Analecta Bollandiana

The [author] discusses the topic extensively and in great detail, making all kinds of connections. ... [The] book [is] rich in interesting observations and beautiful illustrations about an appealing and popular iconographic theme, spread throughout Europe and still present in our time and age. - Analecta Bollandiana

Author Information

Katherine T. Brown is Associate Professor of Art History and Museum Studies at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio.

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