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Apologies for cross postings... I'm a graduate student looking at Andrea Mantegna's half-length narrative paintings. He seems to be the first to put narrative scenes into this format, and I'm interested in the fact that the three subjects he chose to depict in this manner -- The Presentation in the Temple, The Adoration of the Magi, and Ecce Homo -- all deal with the idea of those who do and do not recognize Christ. This idea is made more obvious than might me expected in the Ecce Homo, because instead of Pilate or Roman soldiers presenting Christ, it is the Jews, made explicit here by their costumes. So, any thoughts? Can anyone point me toward any 15thc or earlier information -- devotional literature, sermons, etc. -- that deal with the idea of those who do and do not recognize Christ, or modern scholarship on this idea? How about the *idea* of recognition in a new type of devotional work, a half-length narrative, or in devotional works in general? Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions, Courtney Courtney Ann Hanson Graduate Student, Art History University of Oregon [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%