Strange Beauty: Issues in the Making and Meaning of Reliquaries, 400-circa 1204 In Strange Beauty, Cynthia Hahn treats issues that cut across the class of medieval reliquaries as a whole. Until now, however, they have had no treatment in English that considers their history, origins, and place within religiou
| TITLE | : | Strange Beauty: Issues in the Making and Meaning of Reliquaries, 400-circa 1204 |
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| RATING | : | 4.95 (855 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0271059486 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 312 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2013-03-11 |
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Reliquaries, one of the central art forms of the Middle Ages, have recently been the object of much interest among historians and artists. Until now, however, they have had no treatment in English that considers their history, origins, and place within religious practice, or, above all, their beauty and aesthetic value. In Strange Beauty, Cynthia Hahn treats issues that cut across the class of medieval reliquaries as a whole. She is particularly concerned with portable reliquaries that often contained tiny relic fragments, which purportedly allowed saints to actively exercise power in the world. Above all, Hahn argues, reliquaries are a form of representation. They rarely simply depict what they contain; rather, they prepare the viewer for the appropriate reception of their precious contents and establish the “story” of the relics. They are based on forms originating
Editorial : “Cynthia Hahn offers a refreshing new synthesis on the topic of medieval reliquaries. She shows that they are a form of ‘representation’ that mediates religious experience of relics as well as their political and institutional meanings. Engaging both primary sources and current theoretical writings, Hahn’s text will be of crucial interest to a broader readership concerned with the material embodiment of the sacred and strategies of representation.”
—Thomas Dale, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Lavishly illustrated in color, this book will be of fundamental importance.”
—J. Oliver, Choice
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