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Visual piety : a history and theory of popular religious images
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- Creator
- David Morgan
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1998]
- ©1998
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780520209787, 0520209788
- OCLC
- ocm36842356
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-258) and index.
- Introduction: Constructivism and the History of Visual Culture -- Ch. 1. The Practice of Visual Piety -- Ch. 2. Empathy and Sympathy in the History of Visual Piety -- Ch. 3. The Masculinity of Christ -- Ch. 4. Reading the Face of Jesus -- Ch. 5. Domestic Devotion and Ritual -- Ch. 6. Memory and the Sacred -- Conclusion: Religious Images and the Social Construction of Everyday Life -- Appendix. Letters and Demographics
Subjects
- Spirituality -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Spirituality -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Spirituality -- History.
- Christian art and symbolism -- United States.
- Christian art and symbolism -- Modern period, 1500-
- Christian art and symbolism.
- Popular culture -- United States.
- United States -- Religious life and customs.