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• Title:Agents of faith : votive objects in time and place / Ittai Weinryb, editor ; Fatima Bercht [and 18 others].
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Weinryb, Ittai, editor.
  Bercht, Fatima, contributor.
  Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, organizer, host institution.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Bard Graduate Center Gallery, [2018]
  ©2018
  

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  • Call Number: NK1648 .A39 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Votive offerings--Exhibitions.
  Material culture--Psychological aspects--Exhibitions.
  Material culture--Social aspects--Exhibitions.
  
• Genre/Form:Exhibition catalogs.
  
• Description:xix, 352 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm
  
• Summary:"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"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Agents of Faith: Votive Giving in Time and Place, held at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery from September 14, 2018 through January 6, 2019."
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-343) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780300222968 (hardcover)
  0300222963 (hardcover)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I AGENTS OF FAITH
  One. Place, Shrine, Miracle / Jas Elsner
  Terrestrial Gateways to the Divine / Darienne Turner
  Two. Votive Materials: Bodies and Beyond / Ittai Weinryb
  Edible Offerings: Food in Votive Culture / Alexander Ekserdjian
  Three. Public and Private Dimensions of the Votive Offering / Christopher S. Wood
  Four. Memory and Narrative: Materializing Past and Future in the Present / Fredrika Jacobs
  Five. Votive Giving Today / David Morgan
  Votive Giving at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial / Alyssa Velazquez
  pt. II VOTIVE OBJECTS IN TIME AND PLACE
  Six. Clever Devices and Cognitive Artifacts: Votive Giving in the Ancient World / Verity Piatt
  Seven. Lob undDanck: On the Social Meaning of Votives in German Pilgrimage Culture / Mitchell B. Merback
  Votive Wax: The Hipp Workshop in Pfaffenhofen / Nina Gockerell
  Eight. In Search of Blessings: Ex-Votos in Medieval Greater South Asia / John Guy
  Nine. Votive Giving in Islamic Societies / Sheila Blair
  Ten. Action in Form: African Art as Voiced Engagements / Suzanne Preston Blier
  Eleven. Votive Giving in the New World / Fatima Bercht
  Twelve. Contemporary Ex-Voto: Reenchanting the Art World? / Mechtild Widrich.