TY - BOOK ID - 37208881 TI - Tree of Jesse iconography in Northern Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries PY - 2019 SN - 9780815393771 0815393776 9781351187633 9781351187619 1351187619 1351187635 9781351187602 1351187600 9781351187626 1351187627 PB - New York, N.Y. Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Christian art and symbolism KW - Art, Late Gothic KW - Art and society KW - Themes, motives. KW - History KW - Themes, motives KW - Christian religion KW - Iconography KW - iconography KW - religious art KW - Gothic [Medieval] KW - Virga Jesse KW - anno 1400-1499 KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - Europe: North KW - Christian art and symbolism - Europe, Northern - Renaissance, 1450-1600 KW - Art, Late Gothic - Europe, Northern - Themes, motives KW - Art and society - Europe - History - To 1500 KW - Art and society - Europe, Northern - History - 16th century UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:37208881 AB - This book is the first detailed investigation to focus on the late medieval use of Tree of Jesse imagery, traditionally a representation of the genealogical tree of Christ. In northern Europe, from the mid-fifteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, it could be found across a wide range of media. Yet, as this book vividly illustrates, it had evolved beyond a simple genealogy into something more complex, which could be modified to satisfy specific religious requirements. It was also able to function on a more temporal level, reflecting not only a clerical preoccupation with a sense of communal identity, but a more general interest in displaying a family's heritage, continuity and/or social status. It is this dynamic and polyvalent element that makes the subject so fascinating ER -