{"product_id":"the-visual-and-the-visionary-jeffrey-f-hamburger-9780942299458","title":"The Visual and the Visionary: Art and Female Spirituality in Late Medieval Germany","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Visual and the Visionary\u003c\/i\u003e puts the study of female spirituality on a new footing and provides a nuanced account of the changing role of images in medieval monasticism from the twelfth century to the Reformation. In ten essays embracing the history of art, religion, and literature, Jeffrey Hamburger explores the interrelationships between the visual arts and female spirituality in the context of the \u003ci\u003ecura monialium\u003c\/i\u003e, the pastoral care of nuns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsed as instruments of instruction and inspiration, images occupied a central, if controversial, place in debates over devotional practice, monastic reform, and mystical expression. Far from supplementing a history of art from which they have been excluded, the images made by and for women shaped that history decisively by defining novel modes of religious expression, especially the relationship between sight and subjectivity. With this book, the study of female piety and artistic patronage becomes an integral part of a general history of medieval art and spirituality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Visual and the Visionary\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the 1999 Charles Rufus Prize by the College Art Association and the 1999 Roland H. Bainton Prize for Art and Music History by the Sixteenth Century Conference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey F. Hamburger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0942299450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780942299458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zone Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 7.40w x 2.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/1998 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2002 pg. 40","brand":"Jeffrey F. Hamburger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986761122047,"sku":"9780942299458","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c213d12-cf2f-4ba7-9523-636012db614e.jpg?v=1683285038","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-visual-and-the-visionary-jeffrey-f-hamburger-9780942299458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}