The Image of Christ: Catalogue of the Exhibition "Seeing Salvation" - Couverture souple

MacGregor, Neil; Finaldi, Gabriele

 
9781857092929: The Image of Christ: Catalogue of the Exhibition "Seeing Salvation"
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1857092929 ISBN 13 : 9781857092929
Editeur : National Gallery Company Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Rather than presenting a life of Christ in art, this beautiful book explores the challenges facing artists when representing Jesus God who became a man. It traces how the image of Christ that we recognize today evolved over two millennia, from the earliest metaphorical symbols of the Shepherd, the Lamb and the Vine to the emergence of a 'true likeness'. The book elegantly describes how artists have conveyed the paradox of Christ's dual nature - human and divine, weak and powerful - in portrayals of his infancy, and it also shows how images of his suffering convey a cosmic, as well as personal, significance. The moments of Christ's life become, through art, archetypes of all human experience: Christ nursed by the Virgin expresses the feelings of love every mother has for her child; Christ mocked is innocence beset by violence. A reissue of a successful book (first published in 2000), 'The Image of Christ' is an essential volume for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of European art, in which Christian subjects have featured so prominently.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gabriele Finaldi is deputy director of the Prado Museum, Madrid, and a former curator at the National Gallery, London. Neil MacGregor is director of the British Museum and former director of the National Gallery, London. Susanna Avery-Quash is research curator in the History of Collecting at the National Gallery, London. Xavier Bray is chief curator at Dulwich Picture Gallery and a former curator at the National Gallery, London. Erika Langmuir is former head of education at the National Gallery, London. Alexander Sturgis is director of The Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, UK.

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Éditeur
National Gallery Company Ltd
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1857092929
ISBN 13 
9781857092929
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780300083651: The Image of Christ

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0300083653 ISBN 13 :  9780300083651
Editeur : Natl Gallery Pubns Ltd, 2000
Couverture souple