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Enenkel (Chair of Medieval and Neo-Latin Literature  \nWestfälische Wilhelms-UniversitätMünster [e-mail: kenen_01@uni_muenster.de](e-mail: kenen_01@uni_muenster.de))  \nEditorial Board  \nW. van Anrooij ( University of Leiden)  \nW. de Boer (Miami University) Chr. Göttler ( University of Bern)  \nJ.L. de Jong ( University of Groningen)  \nW.S. Melion (Emory University)  \nR. Seidel (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)  \nP.J. Smith ( University of Leiden)  \nJ. Thompson (Queen’s University Belfast)  \nA. Traninger (Freie Universität Berlin)  \nC. Zittel ( University of Stuttgart)  \nC. Zwierlein (Harvard University)  \nVOLUME 39 – 2015  \nThe titles published in this [series are listed at](series are listed at brill.com/inte)[ brill.com/inte](series are listed at brill.com/inte)  \nImage and Incarnation  \nThe Early Modern Doctrine of the Pictorial Image  \nEdited by  \nWalter S. Melion and Lee Palmer Wandel  \nLEIDEN | BOSTON  \nCover illustration: Jan Provoost, Sacred Allegory. Oil on wood, 50.5 × 40 cm, Louvre, Paris. (See also Fig. 8.1 and pages 204–205 in this volume.)  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nImage and Incarnation : the early modern doctrine of the pictorial image / edited by Walter S. Melion and Lee Palmer Wandel.  \npages cm  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-90-04-30050-7 (hardback : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-90-04-30051-4 (e-book) 1. Incarnation.  \n2. Incarnation in art. 3. Incarnation in literature. 4. Image of God. I. Melion, Walter S., editor. II. Wandel, Lee Palmer, editor.  \nBT220.I44 2015  \n246'.5—dc23  \n2015023009  \nThis publication has been typeset in the multilingual “Brill” typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, ipa, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities.  \nFor more information, please [see brill.com/brill-typeface](see brill.com/brill-typeface).  \nissn 1568-1181  \nisbn 978-90-04-30050-7 (hardback)  \nisbn 978-90-04-30051-4 (e-book)  \nCopyright 2015 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands.  \nKoninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi and Hotei Publishing.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher.  \nAuthorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill nv provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, ma 01923, usa. Fees are subject to change.  \nThis book is printed on acid-free paper.  \nContents  \nAcknowledgments ix  \nNotes on the Editors x  \nNotes on the Contributors xi  \nList of Illustrations xvii  \nIntroduction 1  \nWalter S. Melion and Lee Palmer Wandel  \nPART 1  \nRepresenting the Mystery of the Incarnation  \n1 Medietas / Mediator and the Geometry of Incarnation 17 Herbert L. Kessler  \n2 Mute Mysteries of the Divine Logos: On the Pictorial Poetics of Incarnation 76  \nKlaus Krüger  \n3 A Meaty Incarnation: Making Sense of Divine Flesh for Aztec  \nChristians 109  \nJaime Lara  \n4 The Ineffability of Incarnation in Le Brun’s Silence or Sleep of the  \nChild 137  \nMatthieu Somon  \nPART 2  \nImago Dei and the Incarnate Word  \n5 Thomas Aquinas, Sacramental Scenes, and the ‘Aesthetics’ of  \nIncarnation 161  \nMark D.Jordan  \n6 The Poetics ofthe Image in Late Medieval Mysticism 173 Niklaus Largier  \nvi contents  \n7 Incarnation, Image, and Sign: John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian  \nReligion & Late Medieval Visual Culture 187  \nLee Palmer Wandel  \n8 Eye to Eye, Text to Image? Jan Provoost’s Sacred Allegory, Jan van Ruusbroec’s Spieghelder eeuwighersalicheit, and Mystical  \nContemplation in the La","cbCaig4hDqwUWAu6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaig4hDqwUWAu6","pdf",31364788,540,"English","# Introduction\n# Part 1 - Representing the Mystery of the Incarnation\n## 1 Medietas / Mediator and the Geometry of Incarnation\n## 2 Mute Mysteries of the Divine Logos: On the Pictorial Poetics of Incarnation\n## 3 A Meaty Incarnation: Making Sense of Divine Flesh for Aztec Christians\n## 4 The Ineffability of Incarnation in Le Brun’s Silence or Sleep of the Child\n# Part 2 - Imago Dei and the Incarnate Word\n## 5 Thomas Aquinas, Sacramental Scenes, and the ‘Aesthetics’ of Incarnation\n## 6 The Poetics of the Image in Late Medieval Mysticism\n## 7 Incarnation, Image, and Sign: John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion & Late Medieval Visual Culture\n## 8 Eye to Eye, Text to Image?\n## 9 ‘A Just Proportion of Body and Soul’: Emblems and Incarnational Grafting\n# Part 3 - Literary Figurations of the Incarnation\n## 10 From Negative Painting to Loving Imprint in Pierre De Bérulle’s Discours\n## 11 Discerning Vision: Cognitive Strategies in Cornelis Everaert’s Mary Compared to the Light\n## 12 The Fountain of Life in Molinet’s Roman de la rose moralisé\n# Part 4 - Transformative Analogies of Matter and Spirit\n## 13 Figuring the Threshold of Incarnation: Caravaggio’s Incarnate Image of the Madonna of Loreto\n## 14 Super-Entanglement: Unfolding Evidence in Hieronymus Bosch’s Mass of St. Gregory\n## 15 The Mystery of the Incarnation and the Art of Painting\n## 16 Convent and Cubiculum Cordis\n# Part 5 - Visualizing the Flesh of Christ\n## 17 Dieu le Père en Vierge Marie. La Trinité – Pietà de Rubens\n## 18 Images of the Incarnation in the Jesuit Japan Mission’s Kirishitanban Story","[{\"question\":\"What is the central focus of the volume?\",\"answer\":\"The volume investigates the early modern doctrine of the pictorial image and how pictorial representation informs understanding of the Incarnation across theology, art, and literature.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the book organized?\",\"answer\":\"It is structured into five thematic parts, progressing from representing the Incarnation to questions of imago Dei, then literary figurations, material/spiritual analogies, and finally visualizations of Christ’s flesh.\"},{\"question\":\"Which kinds of sources and disciplines do the essays draw on?\",\"answer\":\"The chapters draw on art history, visual culture, theological writings, and literary texts, analyzing works and authors from late medieval mysticism to early modern artists and devotional literature.\"}]","Image and Incarnation - The Early Modern Doctrine of the Pictorial Image - Volume 39 | PDF",1361]