Divine Presence in Spain and Western Europe 1500–1960

Visions, Religious Images and Photographs

William A. Christian Jr. (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

328 Seiten

2012
Central European University Press (Verlag)
978-615-5053-37-5 (ISBN)

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Addresses the relation of people to divine personalities in contemporary and historical communities, as exemplified in visions of mysterious wayfarers in rural Spain, the seeming vivification of religious images - pictures, statues and other objects - in Spanish homes and churches throughout Europe to express divine-human relations.

A few selected cases of visions and apparitions are detected and analyzed, including personal interviews with some of the witnesses. Of special interest is the final third of the book: the transposition of medieval and early modern representations of the relations between humans and the divine into the modern art of photography. Christian presents a pictorial examination of the phenomenon, commenting a large number of images, including commercial postcards and family photographs from the first half of past century Europe.

William A. Christian Jr. is independent scholar.

List of Figures Preface Chapter 1. Toribia del Val and the Mysterious Wayfarer of Casas de Benitez Chapter 2. Images as Beings: Blood, Sweat, and Tears Chapter 3. Presence, Absence and the Supernatural in Postcard and Family Photographs, Europe 1895-1920 Endnotes Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.2.2012
Reihe/Serie	The Natalie Zemon Davis Memorial Lectures Series
Zusatzinfo	174 Figures
Verlagsort	Budapest
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 200 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	615-5053-37-5 / 6155053375
ISBN-13	978-615-5053-37-5 / 9786155053375
Zustand	Neuware