Visual Piety A History And Theory Of Popular Religious Images - David Morgan - Paperback - en Book

This Fascinating Study Of Devotional Images Traces Their Historical Links To Important Strains Of American Culture. David Morgan Demonstrates How Popular Visual Images-from Warner Sallman's Head Of Christ To Velvet Renditions Of Davinci's Last Supper To Illustrations On Prayer Cards-have Assumed Central Roles In Contemporary American Lives And Communities.morgan's History Of Popular Religious Images Ranges From The Late Middle Ages To The Present Day And Analyzes What He Calls Visual Piety, Or The Belief That Images Convey. Rather Than Isolating Popular Icons From Their Social Contexts Or Regarding Them As Merely Illustrative Of Theological Ideas, Morgan Situates Both Protestant And Catholic Art Within The Domain Of Devotional Practice, Ritual, Personal Narrative, And The Sacred Space Of The Home.