Religious subjects depicted in art
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Religious subjects depicted in art
Hardback. In Renaissance Florence, certain paintings and sculptures of the Virgin Mary and Christ were believed to have extraordinary efficacy in activating potent sacred intercession. The author questions what distinguished these paintings and sculptures from other similar sacred images. Num Pages: 400 pages, 80 colour images + 170 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFKB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300176605
- ISBN
- 9780300176605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.34€ 64.08
€ 76.34
€ 64.08
Paperback. Explores the relationships among art, theology, exegesis, and literature - issues central to the study of medieval art. This book examines the illustration of theological commentaries, the use of images to expound or disseminate doctrine, the role of images within theological discourse, the development of doctrine in response to images, and more. Editor(s): Hamburger, Jeffrey F.; Bouche, Anne-Marie. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 464 pages, 198 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR; DSBB; HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1292.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124766
- ISBN
- 9780691124766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.72€ 46.89
€ 58.72
€ 46.89
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
€ 40.99€ 36.55
€ 40.99
€ 36.55
hardcover. The Master of the Trebon Altarpiece was a painter active in Prague in the fourteenth century and one of the most important gothic artists of the international style. This book attempts to definitively identify and contextualize this unknown artist's oeuvre. It is suitable for scholars of art history as well as European art aficionados. Num Pages: 330 pages, 86 colour plates, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3H; ACK; AGB; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 300 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1648.
- Publisher
- Karolinum Press, Charles University
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024622613
- ISBN
- 9788024622613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.92
€ 60.92
Hardback. The Many Faces of Christ is a captivating study into the controversial development of the iconographic, messianic image of Jesus popularised today. Num Pages: 256 pages, 110. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 240 x 24. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780232683
- ISBN
- 9781780232683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.57
€ 72.57
Hardcover. Editor(s): Straub, Karen. Num Pages: 288 pages, 215 colour. BIC Classification: AGR; HRCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 249 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1978.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hirmer Publishers
- Edition
- Har/Pmplt
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783777422671
- ISBN
- 9783777422671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Hardcover. The story of five rare Buddhist sculptures and their extraordinary histories are the subject of this book. The author became fascinated by them when working as the curator of Asian collections at Liverpool Museum (1996-2003) and selected them for display in the Buddhism section of the World Cultures gallery, which opened in 2005. Series: Museums and Collections. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFKB; AGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452382
- ISBN
- 9780857452382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.93
€ 161.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: AGR; HRAX; HRCM; HRCV9; HRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Christian Focus Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 127
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781911075
- ISBN
- 9781781911075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.15
€ 9.99
€ 9.15
Hardback. An important new way of viewing the prehistoric art of the Americas, The Jaguar Within demonstrates that understanding a work of art's connection with shamanic trance can lead to an appreciation of it as an extremely creative solution to the inherent challenge of giving material form to nonmaterial realities and states of being. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 243 pages, 137 b/w photos, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; ACBK; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 956.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726260
- ISBN
- 9780292726260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.69
€ 66.69
Paperback. The Byzantines surrounded themselves with their saints, invisible but constant companions, who were made visible by dreams, visions, and art. This book aims to analyze the logic of the saint's image in Byzantium, both in portraits and in narrative scenes. It emphasizes on the poems inscribed by the Byzantines upon their icons. Num Pages: 240 pages, 163 halftones, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; ACK; AGR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050072
- ISBN
- 9780691050072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.08€ 68.82
€ 88.08
€ 68.82
Paperback. This book explores the iconography of Islamic art, presenting a diverse range of approaches to the subject. Editor(s): O'Kane, Bernard. Num Pages: 352 pages, 159 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AGR; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748633678
- ISBN
- 9780748633678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.77€ 65.50
€ 65.77
€ 65.50
Hardcover. A unique opportunity for rare book collectors and medieval scholars to own a stunning facsimile copy of this enchanting illuminated manuscript. Num Pages: 432 pages, 338 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; ACN; AGR; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 222 x 37. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851244072
- ISBN
- 9781851244072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.27€ 89.76
€ 116.27
€ 89.76
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
€ 29.99€ 22.40
€ 29.99
€ 22.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AC; AGR; HRA; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Shambhala
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590301005
- ISBN
- 9781590301005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.07
€ 36.99
€ 28.07
Hardback. A study of a manuscript created in 1469 by Taddeo Crevelli, an Italian illuminator of manuscripts. Kurt Barstow discusses each of Crevelli's paintings and relates its iconography to other devotional images of the time. All 24 of Crevelli's images are reproduced along with sample leaves. Series: Monographs on Illuminated Manuscripts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 39 colour & 89 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND; AGR; AKLB; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892363704
- ISBN
- 9780892363704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.57€ 85.64
€ 111.57
€ 85.64
Hardback. Editor(s): Busine, Laurent; Sellink, Manfred. Num Pages: 288 pages, 250 color illus. BIC Classification: ACB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 291 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1732.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300215755
- ISBN
- 9780300215755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. Titus Burckhardt was a renowned expert on the art of traditional worlds. This book takes the reader through the history of Christian art, focusing especially upon architecture, iconography, and illumination. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 colour photographs. BIC Classification: AGR; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 204 x 11. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- World Wisdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933316123
- ISBN
- 9781933316123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.21
€ 20.21
Hardback. Tells the history of Christianity from the sixteenth century by selecting the visual themes of faith that have profoundly influenced its development. This book examines a variety of Christian visual practices, ranging from the imagination, visions of nationhood, the likeness of Jesus, and the role of modern art as a spiritual quest. Num Pages: 407 pages, 58 b/w illustrations, 12 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 3J; AGR; HRAX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 407
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286955
- ISBN
- 9780520286955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.90
€ 44.99
€ 32.90
hardcover. Traces the dual strains of 'iconophilia' and iconoclasm, the privileging and prohibition of religious images, over a span of two-and-a-half millennia in the West. This book addresses arguments regarding the moral authority of the image in European Christianity from the medieval through the early modern periods. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 432 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; AGR; HRAM7; HRC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034226
- ISBN
- 9780226044132
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; AGR; AMN; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780857424020
- ISBN
- 9780857424020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.56
€ 17.99
€ 15.56
Paperback. Series: Studies in Theology and the Arts. BIC Classification: ABA; AGR; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780830850648
- ISBN
- 9780830850648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.03
€ 31.99
€ 28.03
Paperback. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was engaged in the world not only as a scholarly expositor of traditional culture and philosophy, but also as a radical critic of contemporary life. Editor(s): Coomaraswamy, Rama Poonambulam. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGR; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- World Wisdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941532464
- ISBN
- 9780941532464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.61
€ 23.99
€ 23.61
Paperback. Offers an integrated theory of the study of religion as visual culture. Providing key tools for scholars across disciplines studying the materiality of religions, this title gives an overview including case studies of the ways seeing is related to touching, hearing, feeling, and such ephemeral experiences as dreams, imagination, and visions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 50 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AGR; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390. Religious Visual Culture and the Social Life of Feeling. 280 pages, illustrations. Offers an integrated theory of the study of religion as visual culture. Providing key tools for scholars across disciplines studying the materiality of religions, this title gives an overview including case studies of the ways seeing is related to touching, hearing, feeling, and such ephemeral experiences as dreams, imagination, and visions. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AGR; HRA. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 18. Weight: 390.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272231
- ISBN
- 9780520272231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. Examines the changing relationship between the Bible and the arts, showing how the arts portray biblical stories in various ways and through various media, and how 'the' Bible is actually multiple entities: fiercely contested translations in many languages. Generously illustrated with examples including painting, architecture and stained glass. Editor(s): Prickett, Stephen. Num Pages: 768 pages, 66 b+w illus; 72 colour illus. BIC Classification: ACB; AGR. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 245 x 179 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1428.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639335
- ISBN
- 9780748639335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.26€ 209.12
€ 217.26
€ 209.12