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ex voto
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- ISBN 9780300222968
- Format: Hardback
- Weight: 2200g
- Dimensions: 216 x 305mm
- Publication Date: 02 Sep 2018
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Votive objects or ex-votos are a broad category of material artifacts produced with the intention of being offered as acts of faith. Common across historical periods, religions, and cultures, they are presented as tokens of gratitude for prayers answered, as well as the physical manifestation of hopes and anxieties. Agents of Faith explores votive offerings in the context of material culture, art history, and religious studies to better understand their history and present-day importance. By looking at what humans have chosen to offer in their votive transactions, this volume uncovers their most intimate moments in life and questions the nature, role, and function of one of the most fundamental aspects of the relationship between people and things—the imbuing of objects with sentiment. Encompassing exquisite works of art as well as votives of humble origin and material, with objects dating from 2000 B.C. to the twenty‐first century, the beautiful illustrations and wide-ranging text expose the global reach of votive practices and the profoundly personal nature behind their creation.
Distributed for the Bard Graduate Center
Distributed for the Bard Graduate Center
Exhibition Schedule:
Bard Graduate Center
(09/14/18–01/06/19)
Ittai Weinryb is associate professor at the Bard Graduate Center, New York.
