Art and the Sacred Journey in Britain, 1790-1850

ISBN-13: 9780367197223 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 278 str.

Kathryn Barush

Opis

This book examines the intersections of the concept of pilgrimage and the visual imagination in Britain from the years 1790 to 1850.

Spis treści

Introduction; Manuscripts, mendicants, and magi: the antiquarian revival of pilgrimage texts and objects, with a focus on the collection of Francis Douce; Saints and symbols: pilgrimage and the theology of ‘things’; ‘Every age is a Canterbury pilgrimage’: William Blake as pilgrim and painter; Pilgrimage and the art of ‘the ancients’; The road to ruins; Conclusion: ‘the road goes ever on’; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Kathryn R. Barush is Assistant Professor of Art History and Religion at the Graduate Theological Union and Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University.