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The book examines the representation of affective complexity in the literary and pictorial arts of Northern Europe between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, asking how and why, by what means…
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Walter S. Melion
Accompanied by an introductory monograph and a full critical apparatus, this English-language edition of Karel van Mander’s Grondt der edel, vry schilderconst (Foundation of the Noble, Free Art of Painting)…
Customised Books in Early Modern Europe and the Americas, 1400-1700 examines the hermeneutic functions of the modifications made by makers and users to the structure of meaning of their books.
Studies the crucial role played by scriptural prints in the complex processes of religious self-formation that dominated early modern European culture. This volume features over 130 prints, woodcuts and engravings…
Ut pictura meditatio: The Meditative Image in Northern Art, 1500 -1700 examines the form, function, and meaning of pictorial images produced and/or circulated in the Low Countries, Germany, and northern…
One of the central and defining beliefs in late-medieval and early-modern spirituality was the notion of the formability of the religious self. Identified with the soul, the self was conceived…
Essays from biblical scholars and art historians provide resources for understanding the relation of texts to artistic paintings and images. Additionally, contributors offer resources for understanding language that prompts mental…
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This Festschrift contains twenty-four essays, which pay tribute to the scholarship of Walter S. Melion. The chapters are subdivided into three categories, which represent key aspects of Melion's interests: "Devotion"…
