03127oam 22005292 450 991049369160332120200513170711.090-04-39310-210.1163/9789004393103(CKB)4970000000170197(MiAaPQ)EBC5842392(nllekb)BRILL9789004393103(EXLCZ)99497000000017019720181219d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGardens of love and the limits of morality in early Netherlandish art /by Andrea PearsonLeiden ;Boston :Brill,[2019]1 online resource (378 pages)Brill's studies in intellectual history,0920-8607 ;volume 296Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ;volume 3790-04-39295-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- The Erotics of Virtue -- Moralized Love -- Disability and Redemption -- Monastic Morality -- Holy Matrimony -- Infancy Moralized -- Kissing Kids -- The Limits of Mother-Son Eroticism -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.In Gardens of Love and the Limits of Morality in Early Netherlandish Art , Andrea Pearson charts the moralization of human bodies in late medieval and early modern visual culture, through paintings by Jan van Eyck and Hieronymus Bosch, devotional prints and illustrated books, and the celebrated enclosed gardens of Mechelen among other works. Drawing on new archival evidence and innovative visual analysis to reframe familiar religious discourses, she demonstrates that depicted topographies advanced and sometimes resisted bodily critiques expressed in scripture, conduct literature, and even legislation. Governing many of these redemptive greenscapes were the figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary, archetypes of purity whose spiritual authority was impossible to ignore, yet whose mysteries posed innumerable moral challenges. The study reveals that bodily status was the fundamental problem of human salvation, in which artists, patrons, and viewers alike had an interpretive stake.Brill's Studies in intellectual history ;v. 296.Brill's studies in intellectual history.Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ;v. 37.Human figure in artArt, NetherlandishArt and moralsBenelux countriesArts and religionBenelux countriesElectronic books.Human figure in art.Art, Netherlandish.Art and moralsArts and religion743.4Pearson Andrea G.896269NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910493691603321Gardens of love and the limits of morality in early Netherlandish art2487994UNINA