186 Pages
15 Color & 65 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
186 Pages
15 Color & 65 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
186 Pages
15 Color & 65 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In The Legend of Veronica in Early Modern Art , Katherine T. Brown explores the lore of the apocryphal character of Veronica and the history of the “true image” relic as factors in the Franciscans’ placement of her character into the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) as the Sixth Station, in both Jerusalem and Western Europe, around the turn of the fifteenth century. Katherine T. Brown examines how... Read more
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
Biography
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.
