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Apokalypse
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 5.00Das letzte Buch der Bibel, die Offenbarung des Johannes (im Englischen auch "Apocalypse"), prophezeit das Ende aller Zeiten und schildert die Ereignisse, die das Weltende markieren werden. Während des Mittelalters wurde das Motiv des Weltuntergangs zu einem zentralen Thema in der Kunst und gleichzeitig ein Schreckgespenst des Volkes, das unter dem... more...
Russian Painting
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95From the 18th century to the 20th, this book gives a panorama of Russian painting not equalled anywhere else. Russian culture developed in contact with the wider European influence, but retained strong native intonations. It is a culture between East and West, and both influences in together. The book begins with Icons, and it is precisely Icon-painting... more...
Russische Malerei
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95Russland hat während Jahrhunderten keine großen Maler hervorgebracht, weil es seine ganze kreative Energie auf eine systematische Darstellung der Ikonen, durch Rublow beispielsweise, konzentrierte. Mit der Thronbesteigung von Peter dem Großen hält die Aufklärung in diesem als rückständig verschrieenen Reich Einzug. Sankt Petersburg ersteht aus den... more...
Ways of Meeting and the Theology of Religions
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 39.95Exploring the different points of view and 'tones of voice' adopted in theology for the meeting of religions, this book presents a contemporary philosophical and theological engagement with key issues of how different faiths might meet, of comparative philosophy of religion, the use of aesthetics, inter-religious ethics and issues relating... more...
Christian Art
Oxford University Press, UK 2004; US$ 9.99Christian images have a long history within the Western art tradition from the narrative and devotional works of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, to the radical new interpretations of the twenty-first century. This fascinating new book explores the changing nature of the representation of key themes and subjects found in Christian art, covering... more...
Icon and Devotion
Reaktion Books 2004; US$ 40.00Icon and Devotion offers the first extensive presentation in English of the making and meaning of Russian icons. more...
Reframing Rembrandt
University of California Press 2002; US$ 65.00This richly detailed study reconceptualizes a striking but enigmatic moment in Rembrandt's art from the 1650s--one of the artist's most prolific and creative periods. Michael Zell identifies a significant theological shift in Rembrandt's use of religious imagery and interprets this shift in light of the unique religious and social conditions of seventeenth-century... more...
Finding Saint Francis in Literature and Art
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2009; US$ 95.00Contributors demonstrate how the tools of various intellectual disciplines can be used to examine what we now know about the story of Saint Francis in his own era and how that story has been appropriated in our period. more...
The Christian Tradition in English Literature
Zondervan 2009; US$ 20.99This concise reference on Christian backgrounds in English literature is scholarly yet accessible. Created for students who may be unfamiliar with the Bible or church history, this guide introduces Christianity's key concepts, themes, images, and characters as they relate to English literature up to the present day. more...
The Foundations of Christian Art
World Wisdom 2006; US$ 9.99The art historian and philosopher of religion, Titus Burckhardt (1908-1984), was one of the 20th century?s most renowned experts on sacred art. The reader is drawn into a pilgrimage through the history of Christian art to architecture, iconography, and illumination; always returning to the fundamental genius of Christianity. Through a luminous interplay... more...









