Embracing Jesus: Mystical Union with Christ in Seventeenth-century Art and Imagination

Emphasis on personal spirituality in the wake of the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation had enormous impact on religious art. To give visual expression to this new tenor of feminine religious interiority, European artists drew upon a long tradition of nuptial imagery, utilizing...

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Main Author: Buettner, Jamie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Common Ground Publishing 2014
In: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
Year: 2014, Volume: 3, Issue: 4, Pages: 13-27
Further subjects:B Affective Devotion
B Mystical Union
B Emblem Books
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