The art of empathy : the Mother of sorrows in northern Renaissance art and devotion /
Areford, David S.,1963-author.
Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens,host institution.
"An appealing softcover volume that focuses on one late 15th-century German painting of the Virgin Mary as the Mother of Sorrows. · Demonstrates how the emotional response created by the artist is still relevant today, not only in terms of how we engage with images but also in relation to discussions of empathy as a defining characteristic of humanity. · An extremely fine example of the realism and emotional intensity that characterize the painting of the early Renaissance in Northern Europe. · Looks in detail at the work and places it in a wider artistic and devotional context ..."
"An appealing softcover volume that focuses on one late 15th-century German painting of the Virgin Mary as the Mother of Sorrows. · Demonstrates how the emotional response created by the artist is still relevant today, not only in terms of how we engage with images but also in relation to discussions of empathy as a defining characteristic of humanity. · An extremely fine example of the realism and emotional intensity that characterize the painting of the early Renaissance in Northern Europe. · Looks in detail at the work and places it in a wider artistic and devotional context ..."
Includes bibliographical references.
"This catalogue accompanies the exhibition The Art of Empathy: The Cummer Mother of Sorrows in Context at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens from November 26, 2013 to February 16, 2014."--$T.p. verso.
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens
Empathy in art
Art, Northern European
Art, Renaissance