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This work decodes the key themes, signs and symbols found in Christian art - the Eucharist, the Crucifixion, the Virgin Mary. It also explores the theological and historical background of Christian imagery, from the devotional works of the medieval and Renaissance periods, to the 21st century.

Christian art and symbolism. --- Art, Christian --- Art, Ecclesiastical --- Arts in the church --- Christian symbolism --- Ecclesiastical art --- Symbolism and Christian art --- Religious art --- Symbolism --- Symbolism in art --- Church decoration and ornament --- Christian art and symbolism --- 246 --- Christelijke kunst en symbolisme

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This volume offers detailed studies into the Physiologus, a Greek manuscript probably written in Egypt in the 2nd century CE. The Physiologus was the first Christian text to sum up a general understanding of nature using biblical and pagan sources and it has an extensive reception history throughout the medieval period. Its symbolic use of animals and plants, etc., has deeply influenced visual arts, literature, and heraldry, but this visual language often remains enigmatic. This book, going back to a project of the Swiss National Foundation (Das ‹Evangelium der Natur›. Der griechische Physiologus und die Wurzeln der frühchristlichen Naturdeutung) offers new insights into the origins and the interpretation of this symbolic language. Was hat der Pelikan mit Christus zu tun oder das Einhorn mit der Jungfrau Maria? Der Physiologus, eine ursprünglich in griechischer Sprache in Ägypten abgefasste frühchristliche Schrift, bietet unter Aufnahme biblischer wie paganer Motivik und Naturlehre eine christliche Gesamtdeutung der Natur. Über mittelalterliche Bestiarien findet die Symbolik des Physiologus Eingang in Kunst, Literatur und Heraldik. Die Bedeutung einer solchen christologisch grundgelegten Bildsprache bleibt indes heutzutage vielfach rätselhaft. Im vorliegenden Band wird die Schrift mit ihren Quellen, ihren onto-theologischen Grundlagen und ihren Deutungsmethoden sowie ihrer Rezeption breit interdisziplinär ausgeleuchtet (antike Naturkunde, altorientalische und biblische Bildwelt, Septuaginta, Kirchenväterliteratur, Rezeption in Kunst und Musik, Handschriftenkunde), um so zu einem historischen Verständnis christlicher Tiersymbolik beizutragen. Ein besonderes Augenmerk liegt auf der berühmten illuminierten Berner Physiologus-Handschrift, die vollständig abgedruckt wird.

(Produktform)Hardback --- (Zielgruppe)Fachpublikum/ Wissenschaft --- (BISAC Subject Heading)REL015000 --- Physiologus --- facsimile --- natural history --- symbolism --- Naturkunde --- Symbolik --- Faksimile --- (Produktrabattgruppe)PR: rabattbeschränkt/Bibliothekswerke --- (VLB-WN)1542: Hardcover, Softcover / Religion, Theologie/Christentum --- 76.046.3 --- 246 --- 246 Art et symbolisme chretiens --- 246 Christelijke kunst en symbolisme --- Art et symbolisme chretiens --- Christelijke kunst en symbolisme --- 76.046.3 Religieuze voorstellingen in de prentkunst --- Religieuze voorstellingen in de prentkunst --- The Early Church --- Church history --- Ancient religions & mythologies --- Animals --- Plants --- Symbolic aspects --- Physiologus. --- facsimile. --- natural history. --- symbolism. --- Burgerbibliothek Bern.

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Art --- Christian art and symbolism --- Art, Occidental --- Art, Visual --- Art, Western (Western countries) --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Visual --- Fine arts --- Iconography --- Occidental art --- Visual arts --- Western art (Western countries) --- Arts --- Aesthetics --- History --- Methodology. --- History. --- 246 --- Christelijke kunst en symbolisme --- Christianity --- Art, Primitive --- Christelijke kunst

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Assembled on the occasion of Gary Dickson's retirement from the University of Edinburgh following a distinguished career as an internationally acclaimed scholar of medieval social and religious history, this volume contains contributions by both established and newer scholars inspired by Dickson’s particular interests in medieval popular religion, including ‘religious enthusiasm’. Together, the essays comprise a comprehensive and rich investigation of the idea of sanctity and its many medieval manifestations across time (fifth through fifteenth centuries) and in different geographical locations (England, Scotland, France, Italy, the Low Countries). By approaching the theme of sanctity from multiple disciplinary perspectives, this highly original collection pushes forward current academic thinking about medieval hagiography, iconography, social history, women's studies, and architectural history.

Christian special devotions --- anno 500-1499 --- France --- Scotland --- Belgium --- Netherlands --- Italy --- England --- 75.046.3 --- 246 "04/14" --- 75.046.3 Religie in de schilderkunst. Heiligenbeelden --- Religie in de schilderkunst. Heiligenbeelden --- Christelijke kunst en symbolisme--Middeleeuwen --- Christian art and symbolism --- Holiness --- Civilization, Medieval --- Art, Medieval --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Sainteté --- Civilisation médiévale --- Art médiéval --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- Europe --- Church history --- Religious life and customs --- Histoire religieuse --- Vie religieuse --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Dickson, Gary

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Late Medieval and Renaissance art was surprisingly pushy; its architecture demanded that people move through it in prescribed patterns, its sculptures played elaborate games alternating between concealment and revelation, while its paintings charged viewers with imaginatively moving through them. Viewers wanted to interact with artwork in emotional and/or performative ways. This inventive and personal interface between viewers and artists sometimes conflicted with the Church’s prescribed devotional models, and in some cases it complemented them. Artists and patrons responded to the desire for both spontaneous and sanctioned interactions by creating original ways to amplify devotional experiences. The authors included here study the provocation and the reactions associated with medieval and Renaissance art and architecture. These essays trace the impetus towards interactivity from the points of view of their creators and those who used them. Contributors include: Mickey Abel, Alfred Acres, Kathleen Ashley, Viola Belghaus, Sarah Blick, Erika Boeckeler, Robert L.A. Clark, Lloyd DeWitt, Michelle Erhardt, Megan H. Foster-Campbell, Juan Luis González García, Laura D. Gelfand, Elina Gertsman, Walter S. Gibson, Margaret Goehring, Lex Hermans, Fredrika Jacobs, Annette LeZotte, Jane C. Long, Henry Luttikhuizen, Elizabeth Monroe, Scott B. Montgomery, Amy M. Morris, Vibeke Olson, Katherine Poole, Alexa Sand, Donna L. Sadler, Pamela Sheingorn, Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Anne Rudloff Stanton, Janet Snyder, Rita Tekippe, Mark Trowbridge, Mark S. Tucker, Kristen Van Ausdall, Susan Ward.

Christian art and symbolism --- Spirituality in art --- Spirituality in architecture --- Europe --- Religious life and customs. --- Iconography --- anno 500-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Spiritualité dans l'art --- Spiritualité en architecture --- Vie religieuse --- 246 "04/14" --- Architecture --- Christelijke kunst en symbolisme--Middeleeuwen --- Religious life and customs --- Pierpont Morgan Library. --- Catholic Church. --- Christian art and symbolism - Medieval, 500-1500 --- Christian art and symbolism - Renaissance, 1450-1600 --- Spirituality in art - Europe --- Spirituality in architecture - Europe --- Europe - Religious life and customs