Gervase Rosser: 2 books
Spectacular Miracles
Transforming Images in Italy from the Renaissance to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
Winner of the ACE / Mercers' Book Award 2014
Spectacular Miracles confronts an enduring Western belief in the supernatural power of images: that a statue or painting of the Madonna can fly through the air, speak, weep, or produce miraculous cures. Although contrary to widely held assumptions,...
by T.R. Slater, Gervase Rosser
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
This volume of essays explores the interaction of Church and town in the medieval period in England. Two major themes structure the book. In the first part the authors explore the social and economic dimensions of the interaction; in the second part the emphasis moves to the spaces and built forms...