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The texture of images : the relic book in late-medieval religiosity and early modern aesthetics / by Livia Cárdenas ; translated by Anne Simon.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) Z1023 .C27313 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cárdenas, Livia, author.
- Series:
- Library of the written word ; 85.
- Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 66.
- Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; v. 85
- Handpress world ; v. 66
- Standardized Title:
- Textur des Bildes. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Relic books.
- Books and reading--Europe, German-speaking--History--16th century.
- Books and reading.
- Books and reading--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Christian saints--Cult--Europe, German-speaking.
- Christian saints.
- Authenticity (Philosophy).
- Aesthetics, Medieval.
- Aesthetics, Renaissance.
- Christian saints--Cult.
- German-speaking Europe.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 548 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021.
- Language Note:
- Text in English, translated from the German.
- Summary:
- "This study is the first fundamental analysis and synopsis of the printed relic-book genre. Printed relic books represent, both by image and text, precious reliquaries, which were presented to the faithful audience during special liturgical feasts, the display of relics. This study brings into focus the specific aesthetics of these relic books and explores the immense influence that patrons had on figuration as well as on the forms of these books. The analysis focuses on the interaction of image and text as manifestation of authenticity. This book then contributes to clarifying the complex medial role of printing with movable type in its early period and offers a novel interpretation of the cultural significance of artefacts in the Renaissance"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Relic books. Mimesis as politics
- Competition between cities and printers
- Speculating on similarity
- Familiar means-new piety
- Aesthetic enhancement
- The relic book as stage mask : the media staging of social climbing and the accumulation of salvation
- Troy, Rome, Halle : history and genealogy
- Synthesis of a genre. The mediality of the relic book
- The texture of the book.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The diversification of the genre.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Cárdenas, Livia. Texture of images
- ISBN:
- 9789004404489
- 9004404481
- OCLC:
- 1192303971
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