The Legend of Veronica in Early Modern Art

ISBN-13: 9780367197315 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 170 str.

Katherine T. Brown

Opis

This book explores the dual roles of legends about the apocryphal character of Veronica and the history of the "true image" relic as factors in the Franciscans’ choice to insert her into the Via Crucis in Jerusalem as the Sixth Station, between the early thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Veronica in Legend and Literature  2. The Sudarium Relic as Material Object in the West  3. Via Crucis 4. Jerusalem Abroad and Theological Rationales 5. Viewing Veronica through the Lens of Gender 6. The Iconography of Veronica in Western European Art. Epilogue

O autorze

Katherine T. Brown is Director of the Honors Program, Director of Museum Studies, and Associate Professor of Art History at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio.