Nuns as artists : the visual culture of a medieval convent /

"Jeffrey F. Hamburger's groundbreaking study of the art of female monasticism explores the place of images and image-making in the spirituality of medieval nuns during the later Middle Ages. Working from a previously unknown group of late-fifteenth-century devotional drawings made by a Ben...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hamburger, Jeffrey F., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997.
Series:California studies in the history of art ; 37.
Subjects:
Benediktinerinnenabtei St. Walburg (Eichstätt, Germany)
500-1500
Devotional objects > Germany > Eichstätt.
Devotional objects > Catholic Church.
Christian art and symbolism > Germany > Eichstätt > Medieval, 500-1500.
Nuns as artists > Germany > Eichstätt.
Objets de dévotion > Allemagne > Eichstätt.
Objets de dévotion > Église catholique.
Religieuses artistes > Allemagne > Eichstätt.
ART > Subjects & Themes > Religious.
Christian art and symbolism > Medieval.
Devotional objects.
Nuns as artists.
Beeldcultuur.
Nonnen.
Religieuze kunst.
Germany > Eichstätt.
Duitsland.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • I Patterns of Piety
  • Protocols of Vision The Visual Culture of St. Walburg
  • 2 The Sweet Rose of Sorrow
  • 3 Wounding Sight
  • 4 The House of the Heart
  • 5 Nuns' Work
  • Conclusion: Vision Versus Supervision

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