Touching the Passion--seeing late medieval altarpieces through the eyes of faith / / by Donna L. Sadler.

In Touching the Passion - Seeing Late Medieval Altarpieces through the Eyes of Faith , Donna Sadler explores the manner in which worshipers responded to the carved and polychromed retables adorning the altars of their parish churches. Framed by the symbolic death of Christ re-enacted during the Mass...

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Superior document:Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 26
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Brill's Studies in Intellectual History v. 279.
Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 26.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 255 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Illustrations
  • Coming to Terms with the Late Medieval Altarpiece
  • A Tale of Two Retables from the Benedictine Monastery of Crisenon in the Musée-Abbaye Saint-Germain, Auxerre
  • The Aesthetics of Immersion: The Reception of the Retable by the Worshipers
  • Engagement with the Pathos of the Passion
  • The Role of the Frame
  • Epilogue: The Late Medieval Altarpiece as House of Memory.