Whether we realize it or not, at every moment we stand devoted to something—something which we cherish above all others. It may be money, a job, a person, an ideal, or our own comfort, but whatever it ...
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Acts of devotion

Two infamous objects of scorn really, really want to set the record straight.
"Objects of Devotion" explores the ways in which art supported religious practice in different times and places. Objects ranging from small-scale works of personal nature, such as Byzantine pilgrim ...
Join Menil curator Kristina Van Dyke and Rice associate professor of art history Linda Neagley as they discuss the relationship between art and the divine in conjunction with the exhibition, Objects ...
After spending just a few minutes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's spectacular "The Splendor of Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)," I noticed that I had begun to speak in a reverential whisper ...
This past semester, the students in Art History seminar “Displaying Devotion” considered issues raised by the medieval alabasters in Object of Devotion.The objects chosen reveal that devotion is a ...