17 décembre 2019
Juliette Brack, « Parution : A. L. Williams, « Satire, Veneration, and St. Joseph in Art, c. 1300-1550 », Amsterdam university press, 2019. », Centre d’histoire de l’art de la Renaissance, ID : 10670/1.d6dsud
Satire, Veneration, and St. Joseph in Art, c. 1300.1550 is the first book to reclaim satire as a central component of Catholic altarpieces, devotional art, and veneration, moving beyond humor's relegation to the medieval margins or to the profane arts alone. The book challenges humor's perception as a mere teaching tool for the laity and the antithesis of 'high' veneration and theology, a divide perpetuated by Counter-Reformation thought and the inheritance of Mikhail Bakhtin (Rabelais and Hi...