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• Winner of <PrizeName>Winner, 1999 Charles Rufus Morey Award given by the College Art Association (CAA).</PrizeName> 1999
• Winner of Winner, 1999 Charles Rufus Morey Award given by the College Art Association (CAA). 1999
• Winner of Winner, 1999 Charles Rufus Morey Award given by the College Art Association (CAA).</PrizeName> 1999

Overview

This text is an account of the changing roles of images in medieval monasticism from the 12th-century to the Reformation. In nine essays embracing the histories of art, religion, and literature, Jeffrey Hamburger explores the interrelationships between the visual arts and female spirituality in the context of the ""cura monialium"", the pastoral care of nuns. Used as instruments of instruction and inspiration, images occupied a central place in debates over devotional practice, monastic reform, and mystical expression. Far from supplementing a history of art from which they have been excluded, the images made by and for women shaped that history decisively by defining novel modes of religious expression, above all, the relationship between sight and subjectivity. With this book, the study of female piety and artistic patronage becomes an integral part of the general history of medieval art and spirituality.

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Author:   Jeffrey F. Hamburger
Publisher:   Zone Books
Imprint:   Zone Books
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 5.70cm , Length: 28.20cm
Weight:   1.610kg
ISBN:  

9780942299458

ISBN 10:   0942299450
Pages:   608
Publication Date:   12 April 1998
Recommended Age:   From 18
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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"""The Visual and the Visionary is a splendid collection of insights."" * Art Newspaper *"

The Visual and the Visionary is a splendid collection of insights. * Art Newspaper *

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