Carreño López, Sara2022-09-202022-09-202022Sara Carreño, “Visual Threats and Visual Efficacy: Ideas of Image Reception in the Arguments of Lucas Tudense about the Changes in the Crucifixion (c.1230)", Religions, 13(9):779 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel130907792077-1444http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29232In this paper, I examine the ideas regarding image reception that can be extracted from the De altera uita, a theological treatise written by the Iberian bishop Lucas de Tui in ca. 1230. In this book, he devotes one chapter to rejecting the changes that were taking place at the time in the image of the Crucifixion, especially concerning the variation in the number of nails and the shape of the cross. I will show that this text provides illuminating references regarding image reception, mainly through Lucas’s concerns about the visual misleading of the faithful and their devotional responses to artworks. By examining this work, which I will set against the theological and devotional background of its time, I will argue that this treatise reflects the importance of sight within the religious experienc of late-medieval Europeeng© 2022 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/)http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/Estudos MedievaisMedieval StudiesMedieval artArte medievalRecepciónTeoría da imaxeMaterias::Investigación::55 Historia::5506 Historia por especialidades::550602 Historia del arteMaterias::Investigación::55 Historia::5504 Historia por épocas::550403 Historia medievalMaterias::Investigación::51 Antropología::5101 Antropología cultural::510110 Religiónjournal article10.3390/ rel13090779open access