Likeness And Presence: A History Of The Image Before The Era Of Art-image

Likeness And Presence: A History Of The Image Before The Era Of Art

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Format: Trade Paperback Author: Hans Belting Number of Pages: 676 Pages Item Width: 6.6 in Publication Name: Likeness and Presence : a History of the Image before the Era of Art ISBN: 9780226042152 width: 6.6 in Item Length: 9.4 in Publication Year: 1997 Language: English Item Weight: 38.2 Oz Item Height: 1.8 in Book Title: Likeness And Presence: A History Of The Image Before The Era... Subject Area: Art, History Publisher: University of Chicago Press Type: Textbook height: 1.8 in Subject: Europe / Medieval, History / General

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Likeness And Presence: A History Of The Image Before The Era Of Art. Publisher: University of Chicago Press. Number of Pages: 676. Weight: 2.76 lbs. Publication Date: 1997-01-15. ISBN13: 9780226042152. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Likeness And Presence: A History Of The Image Before The Era Of Art ISBN13: 9780226042152 ISBN10: 0226042154 Author: Belting, Hans (Author), Jephcott, Edmund (Translator) Description: Before The Renaissance And Reformation, Holy Images Were Treated Not As Art But As Objects Of Veneration Which Possessed The Tangible Presence Of The Holy In This Magisterial Book, Hans Belting Traces The Long History Of The Sacral Image And Its Changing Role In European Culture Likeness And Presence Looks At The Beliefs, Superstitions, Hopes, And Fears That Come Into Play As People Handle And Respond To Sacred Images, And Presents A Compelling Interpretation Of The Place Of The Image In Western History A Rarity Within Its Genre--An Art-Historical Analysis Of Iconography Which Is Itself Iconoclastic One Of The Most Intellectually Exciting And Historically Grounded Interpretations Of Christian Iconography --Graham Howes, Times Literary Supplement Likeness And Presence Offers The Best Source To Survey The Facts Of What European Christians Put In Their Churches An Impressively Detailed Contextual Analysis Of Medieval Objects --Robin Cormack, New York Times Book Review I Cannot Begin To Describe The Richness Or The Imaginative Grandeur Of Hans Belting's Book It Is A Work That Anyone Interested In Art, Or In The History Of Thought About Art, Should Regard As Urgent Reading It Is A Tremendous Achievement --Arthur C Danto, New Republic Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: University of Chicago Press Publication Date: 1997-01-15 Weight: 2.76 lbs Dimensions: 1.26'' H x 9.44'' L x 6.48'' W Number of Pages: 676 Language: English

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