Features 154 color and b&w images and offers an in-depth analysis of Canavesio's cycle on the passion of Christ, completed in 1492 on the walls of the pilgrimage sanctuary of Notre-Dame des Fontaines, outside the southern French town of La Brigue.

This volume presents the impressive range of scholarly affinities, approaches, and subjects that characterize today's word and image studies. The essays were first presented in 2005 at an international conference.