L'image de Joseph au Moyen Âge. Architecture – Paysage and the result of several

and the result of several years of personal research

the Georges-Pompidou Center in Metz

bilingual Latin-French

there are seven exhibitions

L'image de Joseph au Moyen Âge. Architecture – Paysage and the result of severalFrom the first images influenced by canonical and apocryphal texts to a representation imbued with the Franciscan ideal, this work studies how Joseph, Mary's husband, was perceived in the Middle Ages. The Church had no qualms about using his image to suit its purposes, notably to enhance the sacrament of marriage, or about marginalizing him in the shadow of his wife, whose cult very early occupied a considerable place in the faith of the faithful and