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Religious subjects depicted in art

Paperback. Presents a history of Christian Church as portrayed throughout Western art. This book examines artistic representations of liturgical objects - including altars, crosses, and censers. It offers an analysis of the lives and portraits of notable leaders, from Peter and Paul to Thomas More and Pope Paul VI. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369362
ISBN
9780892369362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.39

Hardcover. Editor(s): Lachat, Rodolphe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1. BIC Classification: AGC; AGR; HRCA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 241. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Cernunnos France
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
V9782374950068
ISBN
9782374950068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.50

Paperback. In this volume Richard Viladesau seeks to understand the beauty of the cross as it developed in both theology and art from their beginnings until the eve of the renaissance. Num Pages: 240 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: AGR; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195367119
ISBN
9780195367119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.34

Paperback. Translator(s): Creeger, C.E. Series: Vista S. Num Pages: 256 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: AB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Anthroposophic Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880103961
ISBN
9780880103961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.26

Paperback. Analyzing artists' representations of angels and demons and heaven and hell from the Judeo-Christian tradition, this volume describes how they evolved over time. Divided into chapters, it looks at these images, and how they came to be portrayed with the physical attributes - wings, halos, horns, and cloven hooves. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368303
ISBN
9780892368303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.39

Paperback. Offers insight into the last tribal culture in Europe. In this book, the author explores the mysterious beliefs of these ancient people: their gods and monuments, heroic tales and pagan rituals, and the enduring imaginative power of their art and lore. Series: Art & Imagination. Num Pages: 128 pages, 117 illustrations, 42 in colour. BIC Classification: AGR; HRKP2; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9780500810569
ISBN
9780500810569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Between the third and sixth centuries, the ancient gods, goddesses, and heroes who had populated the imagination of humankind for a millennium were replaced by a new imagery of Christ and his saints. This title explores the many different, often surprising, artistic images and religious interpretations of Christ during this period. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 color plates 129 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised and Expanded
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009391
ISBN
9780691009391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.48
€ 43.06

Paperback. A guide that helps readers identify saints and their significance in a painting - be it from the National Gallery or from other collections. It explains, through the National Gallery's collection of religious images, the significance of saints and their role in the history of European painting as well as different types of saints. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
National Gallery London
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094657
ISBN
9781857094657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AGR; DSB; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268030995
ISBN
9780268030995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.99

Hardback. Theomusicology is musicology as a theologically informed discipline. It has as its subject the myriad cultural worlds of ethical, religious and mythological belief. This work defines the meaning of and method for theomusicology and shows how it can involve dialogue with different disciplines. Series: Contributions to the Study of Music & Dance. Num Pages: 200 pages, figures, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AGR; AVGD; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 403.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313279539
ISBN
9780313279539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.29

Hardback. This probing analysis of three of Giotto's major works and the patrons who commissioned them goes beyond the cliches of Giotto as the founding figure of western painting. It traces the interactions between Franciscan friars and powerful bankers and illuminates the complex interactions between mercantile wealth and the iconography of poverty. Series: The Bernard Berenson Lectures on the Italian Renaissance Delivered at Villa I Tatti. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 color illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050808
ISBN
9780674050808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.32

Hardcover. The author's aim in this study is to demonstrate the past significance of Buddhism in India and how its importance was only gradually recognized in the first half of the 19th-century, becoming the focus of study for many British philologists as well as those motivated by Imperial concerns. Series Editor(s): Eck, Dr. Caroline van. Series: Histories of Vision. Num Pages: 184 pages, Includes 59 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; AGR; HBJF; HBLL; HBT; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780754601388
ISBN
9780754601388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.32

hardcover. Jaroslav Folda traces the appropriation of the Byzantine Virgin and Child Hodegetria icon by thirteenth-century Crusader and central Italian painters. Num Pages: 492 pages, 48 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; ACK; AFC; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 177 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107010239
ISBN
9781107010239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.14

Paperback. Before the Renaissance and Reformation, holy images were treated not as "art" but as objects of veneration which possessed the tangible presence of the "Holy", Hans Belting traces in this volume the long history of the sacral image and its changing role in European culture. Translator(s): Jephcott, Edmund. Num Pages: 676 pages, 12 colour plates, 294 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; AGR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1068.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
676
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226042152
ISBN
9780226042152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.10
€ 57.75

Hardcover. Beginning in Georgia with a trip to Finster's famous "Paradise Gardens", this title provides a look into the lives and visionary works of some of Finster's contemporaries: the self-taught evangelical artists whose beliefs and oeuvres occupy the gray area between madness and Christian ecstasy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGR; HRCS; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066851
ISBN
9780226066851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.19

Paperback. Looking at the lives and works of some of Finster's contemporaries: the self-taught evangelical artists whose beliefs and neuvres occupy the gray area between madness and Christian ecstasy, this book includes biographical portraits, and a profound meditation on the chaos of despair and the ways in which creativity can help order our lives. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGR; HRCS; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066875
ISBN
9780226066875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.83

Hardcover. A study of the controversies over religious images that pervaded Italian life both before and parallel to the Reformation north of the Alps. Num Pages: 448 pages, 60 colour plates, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: ACND; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226567723
ISBN
9780226567723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.78
€ 61.98

Paperback. Argues that preoccupation with vision as a key to religious knowledge profoundly affected a broad range of late medieval works. This title explores key religious buildings throughout Europe to reveal how their grand designs supported this profusion of images that made visible the signs of scripture. Translator(s): Whittall, Mary. Num Pages: 392 pages, 85 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706078
ISBN
9780226706078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.35

Paperback. Investigates the figure of Mary Magdalene in post-medieval English religious writings and visual representations. This title argues that the medieval Magdalene story was not discarded as part of Reformation iconoclasm, but was enthusiastically embraced by English writers and artists and retold in a wide array of genres. Series: Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern. Num Pages: 304 pages, 37 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 3JD; AGR; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022150
ISBN
9780268022150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.25

Hardcover. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AGR; AMN; HRCR; WTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1107.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268037352
ISBN
9780268037352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.42

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