Eating beauty : the Eucharist and the spiritual arts of the Middle Ages

Publication Data

• Title Eating beauty : the Eucharist and the spiritual arts of the Middle Ages
• Author Ann W. Astell
• Publisher Cornell University Press
• Publication date 2006
• Publication location Ithaca, N.Y.
• Language English

Contents

"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.

Topics

• 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
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Eating beauty : the Eucharist and the spiritual arts of the Middle Ages by Ann W. Astell. ISBN 9780801444661. Published by Cornell University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.