Disembodied heads in medieval and early modern culture / edited by Barbara Baert, Catrien Santing & Anita Traninger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baert, Barbara, editor.

Traninger, Anita, editor.

Santing, Catrien, editor.

Series:

Intersections ; volume 28.

Intersections ; volume 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Head--Social aspects--Congresses.

Head.

Human body--Social aspects--Congresses.

Human body.

Human body--Social aspects.

Head--Social aspects.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xx, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2013.

Contents:

Adam's Skull / Marina Montesano

Talking Heads, or, A Tale of Two Clerics / Robert Mills

The Meaning of the Head in High Medieval Culture / Esther Cohen

Securing the Sacred Head: Cephalophory and Relic Claims / Scott B. Montgomery

The Johannesschussel as Andachtsbild: The Gaze, The Medium and The Senses / Barbara Baert

Chasing the Caput. Head Images of John the Baptist in a Political Conflict / Mateusz Kapustka

The Self-Portrait 'En Decapite': Interpreting Artistic Self-Insertion / Arjan R. de Koomen

Capita Selecta in Historia Sacra. Head Relics in Counter Reformation Rome (1570CA.-1630CA.) / Jetze Touber

Framing the Face. Patterns of Presentation and Representation in Early Modern Dress and Portraiture / Bert Watteeuw

And I Bear Your Beautiful Face Painted on My Chest. The Longevity of the Heart as the Primal Organ in the Renaissance / Catrien Santing.

Notes:

Outcome of a two-day conference held at the Academia Belgica and the Royal Dutch Institute at Rome.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004253544

9004253548

OCLC:

850909293