Body Language: The Body in Medieval Art

Body Language: The Body in Medieval Art

ISBN-10: 9462085994 · ISBN-13: 978‑9462085992 · 2021

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Blood, guts and mortality: the unique convergence of fleshliness and devotion in medieval artAnatomical oddities abound in medieval artworks: headless saints who walk around seemingly unperturbed by such injuries, distinctly yonic wounds and a depiction of Jesus being crushed like a grape are only a few examples of the medieval artist's intriguing perception of the world.The result of the University of Amsterdam's multiyear research project on representations of the human body in late medieval art, Body Language is at once a collection of surprising artworks and a reflection on the role of the human body in a devotional context.

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