A Journey Into Christian ArtFortress Press, 1999 - 223 pagini This lavishly illustrated book guides the reader on a vast visual pilgrimage along the paths of Christian art - through the ages and into the heart of Christianity itself. |
Cuprins
| 9 | |
| 27 | |
The Humanization of Faith | 45 |
The Flemish Altarpiece | 69 |
Before the Body Was Broken | 86 |
The Summit Unsurpassed | 104 |
Inner Fervour | 121 |
Two Sides of the Christian Coin | 143 |
After the Age of Reason | 164 |
Hidden Pearls | 185 |
MUSEUM AND CHURCH LISTINGS | 208 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 212 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 214 |
INDEX | 217 |
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
Adoration altar Altarpiece Angelico angels Antwerp apostles artists beauty became Bellini Bridgeman Art Library Bruegel the Elder Byzantine Caravaggio Caspar David Friedrich Cathedral Catholic century Christ Christian art church Cimabue colour commissioned cross Crucifixion death Dürer El Greco Emperor Eyck faith father Florence Fra Angelico frescoes Giotto di Bondone God's Gothic Greco Greek Grünewald Hans Memling heaven Holman-Hunt Holy human Jesus John the Baptist landscape Last Judgment Last Supper light lived London London/New York look Magdalene Mary Memling Merisi da Caravaggio Michelangelo Buonarroti Michelangelo Merisi mosaics mother Museum National Gallery painted passion peace Peter Paul Rubens picture Piero della Francesca Pieter Bruegel pope prayer Raphael Ravenna Rembrandt van Rijn Renaissance Resurrection Rogier Roman Rome saints Santa Maria scene Scuola shepherd Sistine Chapel soul spiritual St Francis St John St Matthew St Paul St Peter St Wolfgang Stanley Spencer symbol temple Tintoretto Tommaso Masaccio Venice Virgin walls Weyden
Pasaje populare
Pagina 147 - For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven : a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance...
Pagina 42 - This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea...
Pagina 99 - God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
Pagina 143 - Peace My soul, there is a country Far beyond the stars, Where stands a winged sentry All skilful in the wars; There above noise, and danger Sweet peace sits crowned with smiles. And one born in a manger Commands the beauteous files; He is thy gracious friend, And (O, my Soul, awake!) Did in pure love descend To die here for thy sake. If thou canst get but thither, There grows the flower of peace, The rose that cannot wither, Thy fortress, and thy ease...
Pagina 86 - A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another
Pagina 99 - And, behold, there was a great earthquake ; for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow : and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
Pagina 128 - Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him." '-"And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. ''And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom...
Pagina 136 - When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?
Pagina 130 - The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Referințe la această carte
Symbols of Jesus: A Christology of Symbolic Engagement Robert C. Neville Previzualizare limitată - 2001 |