Pious Journeys: Christian Devotional Art and Practice in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance

This exploration of medieval and Renaissance devotional practices featured a wide range of objects, including painted altarpieces, portable shrines, reliquaries, liturgical furnishings, and illuminated manuscripts.

Drawn from the Smart Museum of Art’s permanent collection and several public collections, Pious Journeys investigated the critical role played by material culture in early devotion. Like The Theatrical Baroque, Pious Journeys was one of an ongoing series of special projects developed in collaboration among university faculty, students, and the museum.