Satire, Veneration, and St. Joseph in Art, c. 1300-1550 / / Anne Williams.
Satire, Veneration, and St. Joseph in Art, c. 1300-1550 is the first to reclaim satire as a central component of Catholic altarpieces, devotional art, and veneration, moving beyond humor's relegation to the medieval margins or to the profane arts alone. The book challenges humor's percepti...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Visual and Material Culture, 1300 -1700 ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Joseph's Hosen, Devotion, and Humor: The 'Domestic' Saint and the Earliest Material Evidence of His Cult
- 2. Satire Sacred and Profane
- 3. Urbanitas, the Imago Humilis, and the Rhetoric of Humor in Sacred Art
- 4. The Miserly Saint and the Multivalent Image: Sanctity, Satire, and Subversion
- Conclusion
- Index