The Annunciation in Mary's Chamber: Art, Intimacy, and Devotion in the Low Countries (15th - Early 16th Centuries) - Volume One

The Annunciation in Mary’s Chamber reinterprets the iconography of early Netherlandish Annunciation paintings, situating it within the devotional culture of the late medieval and early modern Low Countries. Drawing on a vast array of archival documents, catechetical manuals, and other sources, Thor-Oona Pignarre-Altermatt argues that changing domestic devotional practices fostered the new modes of intimacy reflected in these pictures. Whereas Annunciation paintings have primarily prompted s...