Art of Empathy

"An appealing softcover volume that focuses on one late 15th-century German painting of the Virgin Mary as the Mother of Sorrows. · Demonstrates how the emotional response created by the artist is still relevant today, not only in terms of how we engage with images but also in relation to discussions of empathy as a defining characteristic of humanity. · An extremely fine example of the realism and emotional intensity that characterize the painting of the early Renaissance in Northern Europe. · Looks in detail at the work and places it in a wider artistic and devotional context ..."