Religious Affects and Female Subjects in the Altarpieces of the Finnish Artist Alexandra Frosterus-Såltin: A Case Study of the Jepua Altarpiece ‘Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene’ (1906)

Before the mid-nineteenth century there were few subjects in the altarpiece tradition of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland in which the central figures accompanying Christ were female. Seldom used or new motifs involving female characters now emerged behind the altar. Most of the altarpiece...

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Main Author: Takanen, Ringa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2020]
In: Temenos
Year: 2020, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-226
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Frosterus-Såltin, Alexandra 1837-1916 / Altar-piece / Painting
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CE Christian art
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
Further subjects:B Women’s History
B Art History
B religious art
B women artists
B Finland
B Iconography
B Alexandra Frosterus-Såltin
B Christianity
B Emotion
B Affect
B fin-de-siècle
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