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Images of Cult and Devotion
Soren Kaspersen
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Description for Images of Cult and Devotion
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kaspersen, Soren; Haastrup, Ulla. Num Pages: 330 pages, 168 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ACK; AGR; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1224.
Medieval pilgrims not only worshipped relics, they also venerated statues and paintings. These images or idols' were of particular importance in the day-to-day religion of ordinary people judged superstitious by the Church. These sixteen essays, all well-illustrated, originated at an international symposium held at Sandberg Manor in Jutland in 1994, which focused on cult or devotional images, particularly from Nordic Europe. The contributors discuss a wide range of images, such as Christian reliquaries and pagan idols, letters of indulgence, Norwegian wooden sculptures, illumninations, altarpieces, Church paintings, Danish murals, public pictures in Denmark, images of the Crucifixion and the Virgin Mary, ... Read more
Medieval pilgrims not only worshipped relics, they also venerated statues and paintings. These images or idols' were of particular importance in the day-to-day religion of ordinary people judged superstitious by the Church. These sixteen essays, all well-illustrated, originated at an international symposium held at Sandberg Manor in Jutland in 1994, which focused on cult or devotional images, particularly from Nordic Europe. The contributors discuss a wide range of images, such as Christian reliquaries and pagan idols, letters of indulgence, Norwegian wooden sculptures, illumninations, altarpieces, Church paintings, Danish murals, public pictures in Denmark, images of the Crucifixion and the Virgin Mary, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
330
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
1224g
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Copenhagen, Denmark
ISBN
9788772899039
SKU
V9788772899039
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About Soren Kaspersen
Soren Kaspersen (1944) is Associate Professor at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
Reviews for Images of Cult and Devotion
The goal of these symposia - to place with greater strength than hitherto the Nordic material in the international discussion and context - is well served by these adequately illustrated essays, twelve in English and four in German, representing a wide range of Scandinavian works of art.- Rebecca Leuchak, Roger William University, Religions Studies Reviews. [T]he volume is ... Read more