Vision, devotion, and self-representation in late medieval art /
Sand, Alexa Kristen,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: self-reflection, devotion, and vision in the image of the book owner at prayer -- Saving face: the Veronica and the Visio Dei -- From Memoria to Visio: revising the donor -- Framing vision: the image of the book owner and the reflexive mode of seeing -- Domesticating devotion: body, space, and self -- Conclusion: Power and the portrait: negotiating gender.
Portraits, Medieval
Portraits, Medieval
Women
Women
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Prayer books
Prayer books