{"title":"Grünewald's Natural Medicine: Revisualising Nature in the Isenheim Altarpiece","authors":"Emily Poore","doi":"10.1353/pgn.2024.a935336","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abstract:</p><p>This article builds on prior studies of the <i>Isenheim Altarpiece</i> (<i>c</i>. 1500–16) by focusing on the medico-religious function of the plants and animals that feature in its design. It argues that while some of Grünewald's paintings of natural subjects presented instructions for harvesting and formulating remedies against illnesses collectively known as St Anthony's Fire, others were intended to depict the physical and spiritual symptoms of these diseases. The purpose of these images of suffering as a form of spiritual medicine that was activated by the practice of affective piety is examined.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":43576,"journal":{"name":"PARERGON","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"PARERGON","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/pgn.2024.a935336","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This article builds on prior studies of the Isenheim Altarpiece (c. 1500–16) by focusing on the medico-religious function of the plants and animals that feature in its design. It argues that while some of Grünewald's paintings of natural subjects presented instructions for harvesting and formulating remedies against illnesses collectively known as St Anthony's Fire, others were intended to depict the physical and spiritual symptoms of these diseases. The purpose of these images of suffering as a form of spiritual medicine that was activated by the practice of affective piety is examined.
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Parergon publishes articles and book reviews on all aspects of medieval and early modern studies. It has a particular focus on research which takes new approaches and crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries. Fully refereed and with an international Advisory Board, Parergon is the Southern Hemisphere"s leading journal for early European research. It is published by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Inc.) and has close links with the ARC Network for Early European Research.
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