1st Edition
The Technology of Salvation and the Art of Geertgen tot Sint Jans
By John R. Decker
Copyright 2009
184 Pages
by
Routledge
Investigating the complex interactions between devotional imagery and Church doctrine in the Low Countries during the fifteenth century, this book demonstrates how the pictorial arts intersected with popular religious practice. The author reconstructs the conceptual frameworks underlying the use and production of religious art in this period and provides a more nuanced understanding of the use of... Read more
Contents: Introduction; 'A painter in his mother's womb'; The technology of salvation; Engendering contrition, perfecting the soul; Grace to the humble; Taming the wilderness; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
John R. Decker is an Art Historian at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to Northern art and architecture, his research interests also include: scholastic theology, monasticism, lay piety, lay spiritual movements, and the role of images and objects in devotional theory and practice.
