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This groundbreaking book explores, in unprecedented detail, the distinctive visual culture of female communities, a genre never before given serious attention by art historians. The group of works discussed, a previously undiscovered group of devotional drawings by a Benedictine nun in the later Middle Ages, also includes illuminated manuscripts, prints, textiles, and metalwork. This book carefully reconstructs the artistic traditions that were fundamental to the lives of cloistered women. Nuns that were separated from the high altar, for instance, could participate in the mass through their art, which served as an expression of visual longing. The drawings provided the nuns with a substitute for sacramental presence and thus represented the fulfillment of spiritual desires. This fascinating, if scholarly, work is a gladly received contribution to the study of medieval art.
New York Review of Books
"[A] new province of medieval art. Thanks to [Hamburger's] efforts 'nuns as artists' will be no longer overlooked."
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This groundbreaking book explores, in unprecedented detail, the distinctive visual culture of female communities, a genre never before given serious attention by art historians. The group of works discussed, a previously undiscovered group of devotional drawings by a Benedictine nun in the later Middle Ages, also includes illuminated manuscripts, prints, textiles, and metalwork. This book carefully reconstructs the artistic traditions that were fundamental to the lives of cloistered women. Nuns that were separated from the high altar, for instance, could participate in the mass through their art, which served as an expression of visual longing. The drawings provided the nuns with a substitute for sacramental presence and thus represented the fulfillment of spiritual desires. This fascinating, if scholarly, work is a gladly received contribution to the study of medieval art.
New York Review of Books
"[A] new province of medieval art. Thanks to [Hamburger's] efforts 'nuns as artists' will be no longer overlooked."
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IN THEORY, THE BEST WAY to rewrite the history of the images known as Nonnenarbeiten would be to explore the contexts in which they were drawn and distributed as aids to devotion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
devotional drawings, wounding sight, devotional dialogue,
IN THEORY, THE BEST WAY to rewrite the history of the images known as Nonnenarbeiten would be to explore the contexts in which they were drawn and distributed as aids to devotion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
devotional drawings, wounding sight, devotional dialogue,