Meditation and Contemplation
Word and Image at the Service of Medieval Spirituality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3384824 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Peirats (0000-0001-6957-262X, Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr, corresponding author), Rubén Gregori (0000-0002-1444-4273, Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 188 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel14020188 |
| OpenAlex | W4318614025 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
The use of images in intimate piety in the XIV-XV centuries responded to the need to create a mental reality that would be complemented by the imitation of Jesus', Mary's and the saints' lives turned into models of permanent emulation. The faithful were expected to show the same qualities as these divine characters, so spiritual practices acquired ethical and public implications. Devotional objects played a central role in meditation, affecting the senses and the soul directly. The religious effigy provoked an empathy with what was viewed and helped by jogging the memory and feelings about the holy figures in all stages of their lives, varying the emotions to the detriment of each event. If one thought, for example, of the risen Christ, one would experience joy, but if one meditated on His Passion, one would become afflicted by sorrow. The dissemination of these habits of contemplating the images and the numerous treatises concerned with directing evocation are sufficient evidence to confirm the triumph of visuality for the excitement of piety
Aesthetics · Art · Contemplation · Empathy · Meditation · Passion · Piety · Prayer · Psychoanalysis · Sorrow · Soul · Spiritual practice · Spirituality · Theology · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Psychology · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies · Social Psychology · Sociology and Cultural Identity Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |