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Agents of faith: votive objects in time and place

Person/Institution:
Weinryb, Ittai ([19XX])
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Bercht, Fatima
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Beuscher, Alexandra
Blair, Sheila (1948)
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Bard Graduate Center Gallery (New York, NY)
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Publisher:
Bard Graduate Center Gallery
Yale University Press
Place of publication:
New York, NY
locdistribution:
New Haven
Date:
2018
Extent, illustration, format:
xix, 352 S.; Ill.
Language:
Englisch
Abstract:
"Votive objects or ex-votos are a broad category of material artifacts produced with the intention of being offered as acts of faith. Common across historical periods, religions, and cultures, they are presented as tokens of gratitude for prayers answered, as well as the physical manifestation of hopes and anxieties. Agents of Faith explores votive offerings in the context of material culture, art history, and religious studies to better understand their history and present-day importance. By looking at what humans have chosen to offer in their votive transactions, this volume uncovers their most intimate moments in life and questions the nature, role, and function of one of the most fundamental aspects of the relationship between people and things--the imbuing of objects with sentiment. Encompassing exquisite works of art as well as votives of humble origin and material, with objects dating from 2000 B.C. to the twenty-first century, the beautiful illustrations and wide-ranging text expose the global reach of votive practices and the profoundly personal nature behind their creation"--
Place, shrine, miracle / Jaś Elsner -- Clever devices and cognitive artifacts / Verity Platt
Object text:
Ittai Weinryb, editor ; Fatima Bercht, Alexandra Beuscher, Sheila Blair ... [und 17 anderen]
Rückseite der Titelseite: "This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place, held at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery from September 14, 2018 through January 6, 2019. Exhibition curators: Ittai Weinryb with Marianne Lamonaca and Caroline Hannah."

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