Astell, Ann W.

Eating beauty : the Eucharist and the spiritual arts of the Middle Ages / Ann W. Astell. - 1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages, [8] pages of plates) : color illustrations.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-285) and index.

"Taste and see" : the eating of beauty -- The apple and the Eucharist : foods for theological aesthetics -- "Hidden manna" : Bernard of Clairvaux, Gertrude of Helfta, and the monastic art of humility -- "Adorned with wounds" : Saint Bonaventure's Legenda maior and the Franciscan art of poverty -- "Imitate me as I imitate Christ" : three Catherines, the food of souls, and the Dominican art of preaching -- The Eucharist, the Spiritual exercises, and the art of obedience : Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Michelangelo -- Weil and Hegel : a eucharistic "ante-/anti-aesthetic" aesthetics? -- To (fail to) conclude : eucharists without end.

9781501704550 1501704559

22573/ctt18kt6qv JSTOR


Lord's Supper--Catholic Church--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Lord's Supper--Catholic Church--History of doctrines--16th century.
Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Food--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Spiritual life--Catholic Church--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Spiritual life--Catholic Church--History of doctrines--16th century.
Eucharistie.
Esthetische ervaring.
Heiligen.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
RELIGION / Christian Life / General
PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics


Electronic books.

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