Investigating Claims of Eroticism in Images of the Annunciation
The usefulness of religious images to the Christian Church in late-medieval Europe had long been appreciated, but their function was most clearly expressed from the time of Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) onwards. Images were to instruct the illiterate and the ignorant, to remind devotees about the mysteri...
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University of Edinburgh
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Forum |
| Online Access: | http://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/634 |