The texture of images : the relic book in late-medieval religiosity and early modern aesthetics /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cárdenas, Livia (Autor)
Otros Autores: Simon, Anne (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Colección:Library of the written word ; v. 85.
Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 66.
Temas:
1500-1599
Relic books.
Books and reading > Europe, German-speaking > History > 16th century.
Books and reading > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Christian saints > Cult > Europe, German-speaking.
Authenticity (Philosophy)
Aesthetics, Medieval.
Aesthetics, Renaissance.
Livres et lecture > Germanophonie > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Livres et lecture > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Saints chrétiens > Culte > Germanophonie.
Authenticité (Philosophie)
Esthétique médiévale.
Esthétique de la Renaissance.
Aesthetics, Medieval
Aesthetics, Renaissance
Books and reading
Books and reading > Religious aspects > Christianity
Christian saints > Cult
German-speaking Europe
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The diversification of the genre
  • Mimesis as politics
  • Competition between cities and printtners
  • 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.

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