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Series
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[c1968]
Language
English
Description
An illuminating look at the iconography of the early church and its important place in the history of Christian art
In this book, historian André Grabar demonstrates how early Christian iconography assimilated contemporary imagery of the time. Grabar looks at the most characteristic examples of paleo-Christian iconography, dwelling on their nature, form, and content. He explores the limits of originality in such art, its debt to figurative art,...
Author
Publisher
Art/Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The stories of Christianity and painting have been intertwined since at least the Middle Ages. The painters of the early, high and late Renaissance in Italy, Spain and northern Europe learned their art and craft while working in the service of both the Church and devout patrons, producing depictions of scenes from the Bible and the lives of the saints for the benefit and instruction of clergy and worshippers alike. This book follows a course through...
Author
Publisher
Samuel Weiser
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Did you know that the basic symbolism of the cross is that of the world axis, or the link between Heaven and Earth? Or that the main feature of the ornamented Celtic Cross, the wheel cross, is not derived from the crucifixion, but from a more ancient symbol the Chi-Rho monogram, which is the name of Christ in the Greek alphabet? In Symbolism of the Celtic Cross, Derek Bryce traces the pagan-Christian link of the essential symbolism of the axis mundi...
16) Angels in art
Author
Publisher
Artabras
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
A collection of angel art, showing how the heavenly creatures have been depicted by artists from the first millennium through contemporary times.