{"product_id":"an-artful-relic-9780271090399","title":"An Artful Relic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn art-historical analysis of the Shroud of Turin as a sacred image in the artistic culture of early modern Italy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This excellent book reveals the distance between baroque and present day aesthetic theorizing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—David Carrier \u003ci\u003eAthenaeum Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Casper has expanded art history by his detailed analysis of the multi-leveled milieu that produced and promoted the devotional cult of the Shroud of Turin, thereby integrating visual culture with material culture, popular culture, and theology.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Diane Apostolos-Cappadona \u003ci\u003eReading Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Given the historiographical delay in this subject, we can only rejoice to see new avenues opened up by the work of Andrew R. Casper.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Nicolas Sarzeaud \u003ci\u003eSehepunkte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAn Artful Relic\u003c\/i\u003e manages to surpass the boundaries of the immediate subject matter: it is as much a reading of the Holy Shroud as it is about seventeenth-century semiotics. Rather than allowing the Holy Shroud to become an entirely self-contained entity, Casper interprets the Holy Shroud as a crux of broader interpretive and artistic practices in the early modern era.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Angelica Modabber \u003ci\u003eReligion and the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“After reading this book one can only be grateful to Casper for having examined the relationship between the Shroud, art, and theology so well from a perspective that is unique, rarely encountered, truly innovative, and fully grounded in the sources. Particularly praiseworthy is the richness of its bibliography and the unpublished material consulted, especially that in Italian, the author's knowledge of which is absolutely impressive and is always treated with precision and expertise.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Andrea Nicolotti \u003ci\u003eChurch History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This award-winning book is an original and multifaceted approach to a well-known relic. [Casper’s] inquisitiveness about the juncture of artifice and authenticity, relics, and icons stimulates questions about art theory, then and now, as well as what scholars and the public consider art.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Gerriann Brower \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAn Artful Relic\u003c\/i\u003e is engaging and original. Casper’s careful reading of visual and textual sources, as well as his integration of secondary sources on related topics, develops an important new way of considering the Shroud of Turin and its interpretation and devotional context in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Kirstin Noreen,Loyola Marymount University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400815255895,"sku":"9780271090399","price":31.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-artful-relic-9780271090399","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}