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Image and Belief
Colum Hourihane (Ed.)
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Description for Image and Belief
Paperback. To mark the eightieth anniversary of "The Index of Christian Art", this two-part volume focuses on the Index's twin strengths: iconography and methodology. The contributors include Adelaide Bennett, Hans Brandhorst, James D'Emilio, Gerda Duifjes-Vellekoop, John Fleming, Jaroslav Folda, Giovanni Freni, Cynthia Hahn, Debra Hassig, and others. Editor(s): Hourihane, Colum. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 342 pages, 4 color photos 175 halftones. BIC Classification: 3H; ACK; AGR; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1228.
The Index of Christian Art, founded in 1917, is today recognized as the premier resource for Christian and medieval iconography up to 1400. To mark its eightieth anniversary, seventeen scholars contributed papers to this volume, which focuses on the Index's twin strengths: iconography and methodology. From the heterogeneous imagery of the Crusaders to the repellent iconography of social rejection, from the significance of gruesome torture scenes to the moral precepts that shaped the enigmatic Ashburnham Pentateuch, the studies in the first part of Image and Belief provide stimulating examples of recent research in iconography. With the growing application of computer ... Read more
The Index of Christian Art, founded in 1917, is today recognized as the premier resource for Christian and medieval iconography up to 1400. To mark its eightieth anniversary, seventeen scholars contributed papers to this volume, which focuses on the Index's twin strengths: iconography and methodology. From the heterogeneous imagery of the Crusaders to the repellent iconography of social rejection, from the significance of gruesome torture scenes to the moral precepts that shaped the enigmatic Ashburnham Pentateuch, the studies in the first part of Image and Belief provide stimulating examples of recent research in iconography. With the growing application of computer ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Series
Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691010038
SKU
V9780691010038
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About Colum Hourihane (Ed.)
Colum Hourihane is Director of the Index of Christian Art, Princeton University. He has published extensively in the area of standards and art historical computing.
Reviews for Image and Belief
"[The book] shows the fruits of specialist research and is gloriously eclectic in its material... All of this makes for fascinating reading for the academic art historian."
Christopher Colven, The Art Newspaper "A volume with many solid and some truly outstanding examples of both traditional and innovative iconographic scholarship."
CAA Reviews
Christopher Colven, The Art Newspaper "A volume with many solid and some truly outstanding examples of both traditional and innovative iconographic scholarship."
CAA Reviews