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 ...

"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 ...

Recently opened at The Menil Collection, Objects of Devotion examines the power of objects and our relationship to them. Not just objects in general, of course. We’re talking rare, priceless objects ...

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 ...

Alabaster production during the Middle Ages centered on the making and selling of finely decorated, gilded and colored sculpture to churches, nobles, and owners of private chapels. More common ...

Inherent devotion resides within us all. I use the word devotion with the acceptance of its weighty connotation, and so eschew a lighter term — commitment, for example — to illustrate the point more ...