AHA Teaching and Learning Project Teaching and Learning: Visual Literacy and Associative Thought: Keyword Saints

Saints

Saint Andrew, possibly ca. 1330 Simone Martini (Italian, Sienese, active by 1315, died 1344) Tempera on wood, gold ground; 22 1/2 x 14 7/8 in. (57.2 x 37.8 cm) Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941 (41.100.23) www.metmuseum.org

Saints and martyrs played an important role in the life of medieval Christians. Why were saints such a key part of European Christian spirituality?


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