Katerina"s Windows: Donation and Devotion, Art and Music, as Heard and Seen Through the Writings of a Birgittine Nun

Цена 110.00 - 178.11 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9780271033693



Страниц 608

Год выпуска 2009

The wealthy Katerina Lemmel entered the Maria Mai monastery in 1516—and rebuilt it. In Katerina s Windows, readers can observe how stained glass was donated and commissioned and witness spectators reaction to it, ranging from critical aesthetic assessments to iconoclastic acts.The book presents historical texts and interpretive analysis. Katerina Lemmel and those around her are given voice through translations of seventy-three sources, including personal and business letters, chronicle accounts, and legal documents, most of which have never been transcribed or published before. Necessary explanations as well as theoretical considerations and critical insights are provided through the voices of the authors.Katerina Lemmel s letters allow glimpses into the materiality of monastic life; views of the interconnected workings of art, music, liturgy, and literature; evidence of the persuasive powers of a nun who functioned as negotiator; accounts of one woman s struggles on behalf of other...