1 option
Vision, devotion, and self-representation in late medieval art / Alexa Sand.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sand, Alexa Kristen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Portraits, Medieval--England.
- Portraits, Medieval.
- Portraits, Medieval--France.
- Women--England--Portraits.
- Women.
- Women--France--Portraits.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--England.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
- Prayer books.
- England.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France.
- France.
- Prayer books--England.
- Prayer books--France.
- Genre:
- Portraits.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 408 pages ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: self-reflection, devotion, and vision in the image of the book owner at prayer
- Saving face: the Veronica and the Visio Dei
- From Memoria to Visio: revising the donor
- Framing vision: the image of the book owner and the reflexive mode of seeing
- Domesticating devotion: body, space, and self
- Conclusion: Power and the portrait: negotiating gender.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107032224
- 1107032229
- OCLC:
- 854512624
- Online:
- Cover image
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.