Vision, devotion, and self-representation in late medieval art

• Verfasst von: Sand, Alexa Kristen
• Titel: Vision, devotion, and self-representation in late medieval art
• Verf.angabe: Alexa Sand
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2014
• Umfang: XV, 408 S., [4] Bl
• Illustrationen: zahlr. Ill.
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Inhalt: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: self-reflection, devotion, and vision in the image of the book owner at prayer; 1. Saving face: the Veronica and the Visio Dei; 2. From Memoria to Visio: revising the donor; 3. Framing vision: the image of the book owner and the reflexive mode of seeing; 4. Domesticating devotion: body, space, and self; 5. Power and the portrait: negotiating gender.
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03222-4
• ISBN: 1-107-03222-9
• Schlagwörter: (g)England / (g)Frankreich / (s)Bildnis / (s)Frau <Motiv> / (s)Buchmalerei / (s)Gebetbuch / (z)Geschichte 1000-1400
• Schlagwörter: (s)Stifterbild / (s)Stundenbuch / (s)Acheiropoieta / (s)Anschauung Gottes / (s)Gebet <Motiv> / (s)Buchmalerei / (z)Geschichte 100-1400
• Sprache: eng
• RVK-Notation: LH 72280
• K10plus-PPN: 756231221

Abstract

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: self-reflection, devotion, and vision in the image of the book owner at prayer; 1. Saving face: the Veronica and the Visio Dei; 2. From Memoria to Visio: revising the donor; 3. Framing vision: the image of the book owner and the reflexive mode of seeing; 4. Domesticating devotion: body, space, and self; 5. Power and the portrait: negotiating gender

Abstract

"This book focuses on one of the most attractive yet poorly understood features of late-medieval manuscript illumination: the portrait of the book owner at prayer within the pages of her own prayer-book"--