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The Many Faces of Christ: Portraying the Holy in the East and West, 300 to 1300
Michele Bacci
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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.
It is common to think of Jesus of Nazareth's main physical characteristics as including long, wavy, blondish hair and a short beard. Yet the Holy Scriptures are silent about Christ's features, and his representations are hardly consistent in early Christian and medieval arts. The wearing of long hair, moreover, is explicitly condemned by St Paul as shameful and effeminate: therefore it is surprising that, notwithstanding the Apostle's authoritative judgement, the long-haired archetype came to be accepted, as late as the ninth century, as the standard iconography of the Son of God. In The Many Faces of Christ Michele Bacci examines ... Read more
It is common to think of Jesus of Nazareth's main physical characteristics as including long, wavy, blondish hair and a short beard. Yet the Holy Scriptures are silent about Christ's features, and his representations are hardly consistent in early Christian and medieval arts. The wearing of long hair, moreover, is explicitly condemned by St Paul as shameful and effeminate: therefore it is surprising that, notwithstanding the Apostle's authoritative judgement, the long-haired archetype came to be accepted, as late as the ninth century, as the standard iconography of the Son of God. In The Many Faces of Christ Michele Bacci examines ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
870g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780232683
SKU
V9781780232683
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99-15
About Michele Bacci
Michele Bacci is Professor of Medieval Art History in the Faculty of Humanities and director of the Medieval Institute at Fribourg University, Switzerland. He is the author of five books and many articles, and has edited two volume of essays.
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