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Michelangelo And The Pope's Ceiling
Random House 2012; US$ 16.01In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The thirty-three-year-old Michelangelo had very little experience of the physically and technically taxing art of fresco; and, at twelve thousand square feet, the ceiling represented one of the largest such projects ever attempted. Nevertheless, for... more...
The Christian World of The Hobbit
Abingdon Press 2012; US$ 14.99A fantastical story rooted in the author's faith. more...
The Lion's World
Oxford University Press, USA 2013; US$ 15.99Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams offers fascinating insight into The Chronicles of Narnia, the popular series of novels by one of the most influential Christian authors of the modern era, C. S. Lewis. Lewis once referred to certain kinds of book as a "mouthwash for the imagination." This is what he attempted to provide in the... more...
Circles of Thorns
Continuum International Publishing 2008; US$ 21.95Unlike Bosch's better-known, fantastical, 'proto-surrealist' paintings, Christ Mocked is small, still and sombre, and yet, with a little effort of knowledge and interpretation, it reveals a depth of understanding of both the Passion, and of human nature, that speaks as much to the twenty-first century as it did to the sixteenth. By exploring... more...
Walsingham and the English Imagination
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 99.95Drawing on history, art history, literary criticism and theory, gender studies, theology and psychoanalysis, this interdisciplinary study analyzes the cultural significance of the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham, through the Middle Ages to the present. Gary Waller investigates Walsingham's rich tradition of literary and dramatic writing, ballads,... more...
Art and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Reaktion Books 2009; US$ 45.00Eighteenth-century Europe witnessed monumental upheavals in both the Catholic and Protestant faiths and the repercussions rippled down to the churches’ religious art forms. Nigel Aston now chronicles here the intertwining of cultural and institutional turmoil during this pivotal century. ... more...
Portraits de Vierges
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 5.00L?art a été profondément marqué par la figure de la Vierge Marie, le symbole de la maternité, rayonnante de jeunesse, de tendresse et de compassion depuis deux mille ans. Trouvant en elle une source d?inspiration inépuisable, les artistes ont utilisé cette figure pour exprimer nos souffrances et nos joies. L?auteur Kyra Belán nous emmène dans une... more...
Apocalypse
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 5.00The final book of the Bible, called both Revelation and Apocalypse, prophesises what will happen at the end of time. During the Middle Ages, in a society which deeply believed in God and was mainly ruled by religious authorities, this theme has often been used in art. Its symbolic content allowed for many different interpretations, using various types... more...
Apocalypse
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 5.00Si le texte évangélique de l?Apocalypse est une des thématiques les plus représentées en histoire de l?art, ce n?est pas tant pour faire allégeance au texte sacré que pour sa représentation : celle de l?humanité en tant que telle. Véritable mise à nu (selon l?étymologie grecque), l?Apocalypse ouvre au peintre les portes d?un miroir psychologique infini.... more...









