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A Closer Look: Saints
Erika Langmuir
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Description for A Closer Look: Saints
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.
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Drawing on the National Gallery’s comprehensive collection of religious images, A Closer Look: Saints explains the importance of saints and their role in the history of European painting.
Erika Langmuir underlines the fundamental importance of saints in many of the National Gallery’s paintings and, using examples of works by Raphael, Dürer, and Crivelli, among others, explains the sometimes puzzling conventions for identifying saints by their attributes. She also describes how saints became part of the institutions of the Christian church, the different types of saints, and the increasing importance of saintly relics in the Middle Ages. And she provides an ... Read more
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
National Gallery London
Condition
New
Series
A Closer Look
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857094657
SKU
V9781857094657
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-12
About Erika Langmuir
Erika Langmuir, OBE, was Head of Education at the National Gallery, London, and is the author of many books, including Masterpieces and The National Gallery Companion Guide.
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