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Saints: A Year in Faith and Art
Rosa Giorgi
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Description for Saints: A Year in Faith and Art
Hardcover. Every Catholic saint, local and liturgical, is honoured on a particular day of the year. Here, the author has chosen up to three saints for every day of the year, along with representations of those saints ranging from world-famous works of art to more modern depictions. The author also gives a short explanation of each saint. Num Pages: 780 pages, cl390 / bw / tt390 illustrations, cl / bw / tt photographs. BIC Classification: AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 124 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1020. A Year in Faith and Art. 780 pages, cl390 / bw / tt390 illustrations, cl / bw / tt photographs. Every Catholic saint, local and liturgical, is honoured on a particular day of the year. Here, the author has chosen up to three saints for every day of the year, along with representations of those saints ranging from world-famous works of art to more modern depictions. The author also gives a short explanation of each saint. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AGR. Dimension: 162 x 124 x 50. Weight: 1014.
Every Catholic saint, local and liturgical, is honoured on a particular day of the year. In many cases, an order of precedence has been worked out to determine which saints are most important. In Saints , Rosa Giorgi has chosen up to three saints for every day of the year, along with representations of those saints ranging from world-famous works of art to more modern depictions. From a wide variety of sources, Giorgi has composed a short explanation of each saint to accompany the illustration, including etymology of names, historical background, occupations, cities and countries of patronage. Although many ... Read more
Every Catholic saint, local and liturgical, is honoured on a particular day of the year. In many cases, an order of precedence has been worked out to determine which saints are most important. In Saints , Rosa Giorgi has chosen up to three saints for every day of the year, along with representations of those saints ranging from world-famous works of art to more modern depictions. From a wide variety of sources, Giorgi has composed a short explanation of each saint to accompany the illustration, including etymology of names, historical background, occupations, cities and countries of patronage. Although many ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York
Number of pages
780
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
780
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780810954991
SKU
V9780810954991
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About Rosa Giorgi
Rosa Giorgi is an art historian who specializes in iconography and iconology; in addition to writing, she teaches at the Catholic University and the Brera Picture Gallery in Milan. She is involved with many art organizations, including the Italian fine art commission. Her most recent publications include books on Caravaggio, Velasquez and El Greco. She is also the author of ... Read more
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