The eye of the beholder? Beauty and ugliness in the crucifixion imagery of the late Middle Ages

This reflection, formulated in response to an article by the historian Sara Lipton, argues that the perceived dialectic between beauty and ugliness in crucifixion imagery was understood in the late Middle Ages, by some at least, not as a problem to be resolved nor a barrier to be overcome but rather...

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Main Author: Munns, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2011
In: Theology
Year: 2011, Volume: 114, Issue: 6, Pages: 419-426
Further subjects:B Beauty
B Medieval
B ugliness
B Christian
B Crucifixion
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