The Reliquary Effect: Enshrining the Sacred Object

Cover -- The Reliquary Effect: Enshrining the Sacred Object -- Imprint Page -- Contents -- Introduction: The Eternal Relic -- 1. Relics and Reliquaries: Matter, Meaning, Multiplication -- 2. Objects of Infinite Power: Relics in the Early Middle Ages -- 3. Reliquaries of the Late Medieval and Renaiss...

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Main Author: Hahn, Cynthia (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London Reaktion Books 2016
In:Year: 2016
Further subjects:B Relics ; History
B Electronic books
B Relics--History
B Reliquaries ; History
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Print version: Hahn, Cynthia: The Reliquary Effect : Enshrining the Sacred Object. - London : Reaktion Books,c2016. - 9781780236551
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Summary:Cover -- The Reliquary Effect: Enshrining the Sacred Object -- Imprint Page -- Contents -- Introduction: The Eternal Relic -- 1. Relics and Reliquaries: Matter, Meaning, Multiplication -- 2. Objects of Infinite Power: Relics in the Early Middle Ages -- 3. Reliquaries of the Late Medieval and Renaissance -- 4. The Reliquary After Trent: The Affective, the Collective -- 5. Relics Destroyed, Relics Returned, Relics Reinvented: The French Revolution, Napoleon, Celebrity, the Photograph -- 6. The Reliquary Effect: Contemporary Artists and Strategies of the Relic -- Conclusion -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index
ISBN:1780237022