TY - BOOK ID - 100015830 TI - Birgittinerna och deras bilder : en studie av bild, rum och betraktare i Vadstena klosterkyrka omkring år 1500 PY - 2021 SN - 9151312905 915131228X PB - Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, DB - UniCat KW - Christian art and symbolism. KW - Art, Christian KW - Art, Ecclesiastical KW - Arts in the church KW - Christian symbolism KW - Ecclesiastical art KW - Symbolism and Christian art KW - Religious art KW - Symbolism KW - Symbolism in art KW - Church decoration and ornament UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:100015830 AB - This study investigates the pictorial world of the medieval Vadstena Abbey church. The interior of the church was filled with altars and images that had the three separated groups of viewers in mind: the 60 nuns, the 25 conventual brothers and the numerous pilgrims coming to visit the shrine of Saint Birgitta. The pilgrims faced a pictorial message where the role of saint Birgitta was emphasized, but still one among all the other saints. The images directed to the nuns and the brothers accentuated the role of the Virgin Mary as the exemplarily follower of Christ. Furthermore, all the church interior was furnished to enhance the position of the nuns, i.e. that this monastic foundation was made primarily for women. ER -