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Speaking to the Eye: Sight and Insight through Text and Image (1150–1650) ed. by Thérèse de Hemptinne, Veerle Fraeters, and María Eugenia Góngora (review)

Speaking to the Eye: Sight and Insight through Text and Image (1150–1650) ed. by Thérèse de... 240 Reviews historiography of gendered religious experience and insight for new avenues of research in English-language scholarship. It is highly recommended. SaMuel baudinette, Monash University Hemptinne, Thérèse de, Veerle Fraeters, and María Eugenia Góngora, eds, Speaking to the Eye: Sight and Insight through Text and Image (1150­1650) (Medieval Identities: Socio-Cultural Spaces, 2), Turnhout, Brepols, 2013; hardback; pp. xx, 311; 8 colour, 37 b/w illustrations; R.R.P. 90.00; ISBN 9782503534206. This collection is the result of a Flemish­Chilean bilateral project, `Speaking to the Eye: Text, Image, and Gender in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times'. It is interdisciplinary in approach, but does emphasise literary, art historical, philosophical, and theological approaches. Each of the writers highlights the complex cultural meanings found in the texts and images being studied. The book is divided into three sections ­ Spiritual Vision, Text and Image Interactions, and Agency of Pictures ­ and is bookended by two essays that set the chronological boundaries of the work, and bring to the fore its central theme of exploring `the tension between iconophilic and iconoclastic reflections on the nature and function of images' in the medieval and early modern periods. Ineke van `t Spijker's chapter on Hugh of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Parergon Australian & New Zealand Association of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Inc. (ANAZAMEMS, Inc.)

Speaking to the Eye: Sight and Insight through Text and Image (1150–1650) ed. by Thérèse de Hemptinne, Veerle Fraeters, and María Eugenia Góngora (review)

Parergon , Volume 32 (1) – Sep 6, 2015
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240 Reviews historiography of gendered religious experience and insight for new avenues of research in English-language scholarship. It is highly recommended. SaMuel baudinette, Monash University Hemptinne, Thérèse de, Veerle Fraeters, and María Eugenia Góngora, eds, Speaking to the Eye: Sight and Insight through Text and Image (1150­1650) (Medieval Identities: Socio-Cultural Spaces, 2), Turnhout, Brepols, 2013; hardback; pp. xx, 311; 8 colour, 37 b/w illustrations; R.R.P. 90.00; ISBN 9782503534206. This collection is the result of a Flemish­Chilean bilateral project, `Speaking to the Eye: Text, Image, and Gender in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times'. It is interdisciplinary in approach, but does emphasise literary, art historical, philosophical, and theological approaches. Each of the writers highlights the complex cultural meanings found in the texts and images being studied. The book is divided into three sections ­ Spiritual Vision, Text and Image Interactions, and Agency of Pictures ­ and is bookended by two essays that set the chronological boundaries of the work, and bring to the fore its central theme of exploring `the tension between iconophilic and iconoclastic reflections on the nature and function of images' in the medieval and early modern periods. Ineke van `t Spijker's chapter on Hugh of

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