Lenders to the Exhibition

Weinryb, Ittai

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Lenders to the Exhibition

Ittai Weinryb (Editor)

Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place

Lenders to the Exhibition

Author

Ittai Weinryb (Editor)

PublisherBard Graduate Center

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20167

Lenders to the Exhibition

Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich

Angela Beck

The Brooklyn Museum

Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Massachusetts

Durand-Arias Collection

Beate Echols and Michael Shub

Fordham University, New York

Grey Art Gallery, New York University

Jewish Museum, New York

Peter David Joralemon

Justin Kerr

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Morgan Library and Museum, New York

Musée du Louvre, Paris

Ira Rezak

Lisbeth and August Uribe

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation

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BOOKAgents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place

Ittai Weinryb (Editor)

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00203

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20139

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.

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Author

Ittai Weinryb (Editor)

PublisherBard Graduate Center

Print publication date October 2018 (in print)

Print ISBN 9780300222968

EISBN 9780300254679

Illustrations 390

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