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245 10 a| Gardens of love and the limits of morality in early Netherlandish arth| [electronic resource] /c| by Andrea Pearson.;

260 a| Leiden ;a| Boston :b| Brill,c| [2019];

300 a| xxii, 356 pages :b| ill. ;c| 23 cm.;

490 0 a| Brill's studies in intellectual history,x| 0920-8607 ;v| volume 296;

490 0 a| Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ;v| volume 37;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-346) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction : the erotics of virtue -- Moralized love -- Disability and redemption -- Monastic morality -- Holy matrimony -- Infancy moralized -- Kissing kids -- Epilogue : the limits of mother-son eroticism.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "In Gardens of Love and the Limits of Morality in Early Netherlandish Art, Andrea Pearson charts the moralization of human bodies in late medieval and early modern visual culture, through paintings by Jan van Eyck and Hieronymus Bosch, devotional prints and illustrated books, and the celebrated enclosed gardens of Mechelen among other works. Drawing on new archival evidence and innovative visual analysis to reframe familiar religious discourses, she demonstrates that depicted topographies advanced and sometimes resisted bodily critiques expressed in scripture, conduct literature, and even legislation. Governing many of these redemptive greenscapes were the figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary, archetypes of purity whose spiritual authority was impossible to ignore, yet whose mysteries posed innumerable moral challenges. The study reveals that bodily status was the fundamental problem of human salvation, in which artists, patrons, and viewers alike had an interpretive stake"--c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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Gardens of love and the limits of morality in early Netherlandish art / by Andrea Pearson.

Author/creator	Pearson, Andrea G.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Description	xxii, 356 pages : ill. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Human figure in art. Art, Netherlandish. Art and morals--Benelux countries. Arts and religion--Benelux countries.

Series	Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; volume 296 Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; volume 37
Contents	Introduction : the erotics of virtue -- Moralized love -- Disability and redemption -- Monastic morality -- Holy matrimony -- Infancy moralized -- Kissing kids -- Epilogue : the limits of mother-son eroticism.
Abstract	"In Gardens of Love and the Limits of Morality in Early Netherlandish Art, Andrea Pearson charts the moralization of human bodies in late medieval and early modern visual culture, through paintings by Jan van Eyck and Hieronymus Bosch, devotional prints and illustrated books, and the celebrated enclosed gardens of Mechelen among other works. Drawing on new archival evidence and innovative visual analysis to reframe familiar religious discourses, she demonstrates that depicted topographies advanced and sometimes resisted bodily critiques expressed in scripture, conduct literature, and even legislation. Governing many of these redemptive greenscapes were the figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary, archetypes of purity whose spiritual authority was impossible to ignore, yet whose mysteries posed innumerable moral challenges. The study reveals that bodily status was the fundamental problem of human salvation, in which artists, patrons, and viewers alike had an interpretive stake"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-346) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2018059470
ISBN	9789004392953 (hardback : alk. paper)

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