Eloquent Images

Overcoming the traditional incommunicability between historians and art historians, the authors of the essays in the book work together by "questioning" the images involved in religious propaganda from a global viewpoint. In doing so, they offer new insights from an empirical perspective.Ivana Čapeta Rakić, University of Split

Deze bundel van opstellen wordt pas echt interessant en vernieuwend wanneer hij inzoomt op de gebruikte beeldcultuur in China, Japan, Constantinopel … Een absolute meerwaarde is de selectie van illustraties die verder gaat dan de gebruikelijke ‘sanctjes’ uit die periode. Werkelijk een belangrijke en vernieuwende studie in het veld van de iconografie en de iconologie.
Christusrex.be, 20.02.2023

This is a useful book for those of us attempting to undertake a more holistic exploration of the Jesuits and of early modern Catholicism. Moreover, and I think this is what is most important across the board, the book pushes us to question the notion of early modern Catholicism itself, as such a concept often ignores both the plurality of the experiences of Catholics across the globe as well as the myriad other religious traditions that Catholics confronted in seemingly endless contexts. In this sense, this collection gives us much to consider regarding the role of images in not only European-driven evangelization, but in the ways being Catholic often existed beyond the reaches of Rome, European powers, and their imperial agents.
Clines, R. J., Journal of Jesuit Studies, 10(2), 374-376. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/22141332-10020009-02

Een prikkelend boek dat overtuigend laat zien hoe belangrijk beeldtaal was in de globaliserende vroegmoderne wereld. - Jonas van Tol, Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, Volume 136, Issue 1, Jun 2023, p. 88 - 89, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5117/TvG2023.1.012.TOL

El arte sacro como agente de normatividad.
La segunda publicación que aquí reseñaremos se titula »Eloquent Images«. Este volumen dialoga con el anterior en cuanto explora nuevos caminos de análisis sobre el poder normativo de las imágenes sagradas. Esta compilación de 17 artículos dirigida por Giuseppe Capriotti, Sabina Pavone y Pierre-Antoine Fabre propone un dialogo entre la historia del arte, de la religión, la historia cultural y la iconología para analizar conflictos religiosos en perspectiva global. El libro se divide en tres grandes secciones: procesos de conversión, caminos de devoción y formas de propaganda a través de imágenes sagradas. - Pilar Mejía, Rechtsgeschichte – Legal History Rg 31 (2023), http://dx.doi.org/10.12946/rg31/248-251

To conclude, this collectanea contributes decisively to the ongoing debate of the key role attributed by the Cath. Church to images in early modern Cath. evangelisation and conversion efforts. The introduction constitutes a brilliant ré sumé of the historiography and of the main questions posed to early 21st century researchers. Except for Africa, this publication covers the immense geographical, religious, and cultural area under the Iberian rule or influence in which religious images per se, but also linked to spoken and written word, as to science or, by contrast popular religion, evolved. - Cristina Osswald, Theologische Revue 120 (April 2024), DOI: https:// doi.org/10.17879/thrv-2024-5468

Eloquent Images is an innovative and informative book, laying out a framework for future scholars to adopt and enough case studies to make clear that much fertile ground remains untilled. - Gresock J., Church History , Volume 92 , Issue 3 , September 2023 , pp. 717, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009640723002470