De l'objet cultuel à l'oeuvre d'art en Europe

"This study reflects in the process that led from artistic creation of the Middle Ages that celebrated representations and rituals of faith to the modern concept of art, a transformation generally situated in the Renaissance. The esthetic criteria related to this transition existed, however, before the fifteenth century, tied into the relationship between patrons and spectators, motifs and genres, and the strategies of the artists themselves."--From publisher description.