The Chertsey Tiles: The Virgin and Child by Grace Acquilano ’22
12023-01-17T10:06:02-08:00Brooke Hendershottb0a907cd0f989ee79e94592378a1545647719cfb394471For more information about the Chertsey tiles and associated medieval objects, visit https://chertseytiles.holycross.edu.plain2023-01-17T10:06:02-08:00YouTube2023-01-12T18:21:35ZBgIW2AvPW3IThe Chertsey TilesBrooke Hendershottb0a907cd0f989ee79e94592378a1545647719cfb
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1media/HUAM 1926.41 The Virgin and Child.jpgmedia/HUAM 1926.41 The Virgin and Child.jpg2021-11-03T14:02:34-07:00The Virgin and Child (HUAM 1926.41)38plain2023-01-23T07:09:15-08:0043.723, 10.401By Grace Acquilano '22
This Italian panel painting suggests the blurring of artistic boundaries that took place during the Crusades. Italian artists studied the artistic techniques of Byzantine icons and incorporated them into their paintings, like this one, to evoke divine presence. Therefore the visual echoes of sacred Byzantine icons remained in Italy and elsewhere and Europe for multiple generations well after the final crusade to the eastern Mediterranean.
