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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Fredrika H. Jacobs (Virginia Commonwealth University)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 18.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 26.00cm Weight: 0.750kg ISBN: 9781107023048ISBN 10: 1107023041 Pages: 260 Publication Date: 07 October 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1. Dialogues of devotion: an introduction; 2. Tavolette votive: form, function, context; 3. Determining functional value: attestations of fact and faith; 4. Narrative modes; 5. Signs of faith, signs of superstition.Reviews'Jacobs writes beautifully ... through her nuanced investigation of early modern (and current) terminology, she has greatly expanded our understanding of the complex, dynamic relationships of word, image, and piety by means of these little known tavolette and their myriad contexts. The book is a notable contribution to scholarship on sanctity, miraculous images, and the attendant practices of votive donation.' Barbara Wisch, Renaissance Quarterly Jacobs writes beautifully ... through her nuanced investigation of early modern (and current) terminology, she has greatly expanded our understanding of the complex, dynamic relationships of word, image, and piety by means of these little known tavolette and their myriad contexts. The book is a notable contribution to scholarship on sanctity, miraculous images, and the attendant practices of votive donation. Barbara Wisch, Renaissance Quarterly Jacobs writes beautifully through her nuanced investigation of early modern (and current) terminology, she has greatly expanded our understanding of the complex, dynamic relationships of word, image, and piety by means of these little known tavolette and their myriad contexts. The book is a notable contribution to scholarship on sanctity, miraculous images, and the attendant practices of votive donation. Barbara Wisch, Renaissance Quarterly Author InformationFredrika H. Jacobs is Professor Emerita of Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University. She is the author of Defining the Renaissance 'Virtuosa': Women Artists and the Language of Art History and Criticism (Cambridge University Press, 1997) and The Living Image in Renaissance Art (Cambridge University Press, 2005). She has contributed numerous essays to a variety of books dealing with gender, aesthetics and popular culture in the Renaissance. Her work has appeared in numerous scholarly journals and anthologies, including Renaissance Quarterly, The Art Bulletin, and Word and Image. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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