TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams,Anne
TI  - Satire, Veneration, and St. Joseph in Art, c. 1300-1550
T2  - Visual and Material Culture, 1300 -1700
SN  - 9789048534111
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Amsterdam : 
PB  - Amsterdam University Press, 
KW  - Art and Material Culture
KW  - Cultural Studies
KW  - Early Modern Studies
KW  - History, Art History, and Archaeology
KW  - Religion and Theology
KW  - ART / History / Renaissance
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Art
KW  - Humor
KW  - Satire
KW  - St. Joseph
KW  - Veneration
N1  - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1. Joseph's Hosen, Devotion, and Humor: The 'Domestic' Saint and the Earliest Material Evidence of His Cult --; 2. Satire Sacred and Profane --; 3. Urbanitas, the Imago Humilis, and the Rhetoric of Humor in Sacred Art --; 4. The Miserly Saint and the Multivalent Image: Sanctity, Satire, and Subversion --; Conclusion --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Satire, Veneration, and St. Joseph in Art, c. 1300-1550 is the first to reclaim satire as a central component of Catholic altarpieces, devotional art, and veneration, moving beyond humor's relegation to the medieval margins or to the profane arts alone. The book challenges humor's perception as a mere teaching tool for the laity and the antithesis of 'high' veneration and theology, a divide perpetuated by Counter-Reformation thought and the inheritance of Mikhail Bakhtin (Rabelais and His World, 1965). It reveals how humor, laughter, and material culture played a critical role in establishing St. Joseph as an exemplar in western Europe as early as the thirteenth century. Its goal is to open a new line of interpretation in medieval and early modern cultural studies, by revealing the functions of humor in sacred scenes, the role of laughter as veneration, and the importance of play for pre-Reformation religious experiences
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048534111?locatt=mode:legacy
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