The Crucifix and the Art Gallery: An Odyssey from Religious Material Culture to Fine Art

This article focuses the epistemological processes through which a thirteenth-century Spanish Crucifix in less than pristine condition transformed from an obscure rural Catholic devotional into an art commodity and celebrated work of medieval art now exhibited at the Memorial Art Gallery of the Univ...

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Main Author: Cynthia A. Hogan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/7/537