Fruit of Devotion Mysticism and the Imagery of Love in Flemish Paintings of the Virgin and Child, 1450-1550

ISBN-13: 9789027253354 / Angielski

Reindert L. Falkenburg

Opis

Against the background of the wide-spread "love" spirituality during the late Middle Ages, this book takes as its central theme the "taste" metaphor appearing in paintings featuring the Virgin and Child, belonging to the genre of the "Andachtsbild".