religions Article From Domestic Devotion to the Church Altar: Venerating Icons in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Adriatic Margarita Voulgaropoulou Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Central European University, 1051 Budapest, Hungary;
[email protected] Article From Domestic Devotion to the Church Altar: Received: 23 May 2019; Accepted: 17 June 2019; Published: 19 June 2019 Venerating Icons in the Late Medieval and Early Abstract: Although traditionally associated with Eastern Christianity, the practice of venerating icons became deeply rooted in the Catholic societies of the broad AdriaticModern region from Adriatic the Late Middle Ages onwards and was an indispensable part of everyday popular piety. The evidence Margarita Voulgaropoulou lies in the massive amount of icons located today in public and private collections throughout the Italian Peninsula, Croatia, Slovenia, and Montenegro. At a time when GreeksCenter for were Eastern branded Mediterranean as Studies, Central European University, Budapest 1051, Hungary;
[email protected] “schismatics”, and although the Byzantine maniera greca had become obsolete in Western European art, icon painting managed to survive at the margins of the Renaissance, and ultimatelyReceived: 23 May went 2019; through Accepted: 17 June 2019; Published: date its own renaissance in the sixteenth century. Omnipresent in Catholic households,Abstract: iconsAlthough were traditionally very associated with Eastern Christianity, the practice of venerating often donated to churches as votive offerings and were gradually transformedicons into became the focal deeply points rooted of in the Catholic societies of the broad Adriatic region from the Late collective public devotion. Through the combined study of visual evidence,Middle archival Ages onwards records and and was an indispensable part of everyday popular piety.