Sensing the Eternal Birth: Mystical Vision “Inside” The Visitation in the Met

Much scholarly attention has been paid to The Visitation group housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The sculpture, dated between 1310 and 1320 and attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance, comes from the Dominican convent of St. Katherinental, in present-day Switzerland, and is notable for it...

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Main Author: Tramarin, Davide (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2024
In: Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 9
Further subjects:B St. Katherinental
B Meister Eckhart
B female religiosity
B sensory studies
B Mysticism
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