Agents of faith : votive objects in time and place / Ittai Weinryb, editor ; Fatima Bercht [and 18 others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bercht, Fatima, contributor.

Weinryb, Ittai, editor.

Bard Graduate Center Gallery, organizer, host institution, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture--Psychological aspects--Exhibitions.

Material culture.

Material culture--Social aspects--Exhibitions.

Votive offerings--Exhibitions.

Votive offerings.

Material culture--Social aspects.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 352 pages) : 390 illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bard Graduate Center Gallery, [2018]

Summary:

"Votive objects or ex-votos are a broad category of material artifacts produced with the intention of being offered as acts of faith. Common across historical periods, religions, and cultures, they are presented as tokens of gratitude for prayers answered, as well as the physical manifestation of hopes and anxieties. Agents of Faith explores votive offerings in the context of material culture, art history, and religious studies to better understand their history and present-day importance. By looking at what humans have chosen to offer in their votive transactions, this volume uncovers their most intimate moments in life and questions the nature, role, and function of one of the most fundamental aspects of the relationship between people and things--the imbuing of objects with sentiment. Encompassing exquisite works of art as well as votives of humble origin and material, with objects dating from 2000 B.C. to the twenty-first century, the beautiful illustrations and wide-ranging text expose the global reach of votive practices and the profoundly personal nature behind their creation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Of votive things / Ittai Weinryb

Agents of Faith

Place, shrine, miracle / Jaś Elsner

Terrestrial gateways to the Divine / Alexandra Beuscher and Darienne Turner

Votive materials : bodies and beyond / Ittai Weinryb

Edible offerings : food in votive culture / Michael H. Dewberry and Alexander Ekserdijan

Public and private dimensions of the votive offering / Christopher S. Wood

Memory and narrative : materializing past and future in the present / Frederika Jacobs

Votive giving today / David Morgan

Votive giving at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial / Anne Hilker and Alyssa Velazquez

Votive objects in time and place

Clever devices and cognitive artifacts / Verity Platt

Lob and danck : on the social meaning of votives in German pilgrimage culture / Mitchell B. Merback

Votive wax : the Hipp Workshop in Pfaffenhofen / Nina Gockerell

In search of blessings : ex-votos in medieval greater South Asia / John Guy

Votive giving in Islamic societies / Sheila Blair

Action in form : African art as voiced engagements / Suzanne Preston Blier

Votive giving in the New World / Diana Fane and Fatima Bercht

The contemporary ex-voto : reenchanting the art world? / Mechtild Widrich.

Notes:

Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on November 12, 2020).

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Agents of Faith: Votive Giving in Time and Place, held at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery from September 14, 2018 through January 6, 2019."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-343) and index.

ISBN:

9780300254679

0300254679

OCLC:

1190718286