Promiscuous Grace: Imagining Beauty and Holiness with Saint Mary of Egypt
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- On Translations and Spelling -- In a Chapel: An Invitation to Imagine -- 1. Image Theory according to Saint Mary of Egypt -- 2. The Seductions of Hagiography -- 3. The Shoes of the Sinner and the Skin of the Saint -- 4. Neither Venus nor Venerable Old Men -- 5...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Chicago
University of Chicago Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Class 200: New Studies in Religion Series
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mary of Egypt
/ Art
/ Religious literature
/ Aesthetics
/ Holiness (motif)
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| RelBib Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Beauty, Personal-Religious aspects-Christianity
B Holiness B Christian saints in literature B Christian saints in art B Electronic books B Mary,-of Egypt, Saint |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- On Translations and Spelling -- In a Chapel: An Invitation to Imagine -- 1. Image Theory according to Saint Mary of Egypt -- 2. The Seductions of Hagiography -- 3. The Shoes of the Sinner and the Skin of the Saint -- 4. Neither Venus nor Venerable Old Men -- 5. Appearances Are Everything -- Epilogue: In the Artist's Studio -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (243 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-82609-7 |
