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Decapitation and sacrifice : Saint John's head in interdisciplinary perspectives : text, object, medium
- Title
- Decapitation and sacrifice : Saint John's head in interdisciplinary perspectives : text, object, medium / edited by Barbara Baert and Sophia Rochmes.
- Publication
- Leuven, Belgium : Peeters, 2017.
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- Description
- vi, 244 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 26 cm
- Summary
- This anthology is the result of an interdisciplinary project on the phenomenon of the decapitated head of Saint John the Baptist in its exegetical context, in the material culture of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and finally in more recent approaches regarding medium studies. Several specialists and scholars from these fields were invited to share their most recent conclusions, thus contributing to our understanding of one of the most peculiar events, artifacts and phenomena in West: the rise and fall of a male head as subject of martyrdom, devotion and artistic expression. What emerges from these collected essays is a nuanced understanding of the beheading and presentation of Saint John.
- Series Statement
- Art & religion ; 6
- Uniform Title
- Art & religion ; 6.
- Alternative Title
- Saint John's head in interdisciplinary perspectives
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Art.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- In English, with one contribution in French.
- Call Number
- JQF 18-863
- ISBN
- 9789042934634
- 9042934638
- OCLC
- 993998455
- Title
- Decapitation and sacrifice : Saint John's head in interdisciplinary perspectives : text, object, medium / edited by Barbara Baert and Sophia Rochmes.
- Publisher
- Leuven, Belgium : Peeters, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Art & religion ; 6Art & religion ; 6.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language
- In English, with one contribution in French.
- Added Author
- Baert, Barbara, editor.Rochmes, Sophia Ronan, editor.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 18-863