Serena Fass has attempted to illustrate Jesus' Great Commission: "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved." (Mark 16: 15 - 16) and has presented a balance between the many different strands of the Christian faith, for each century, from the earliest Christians in Pompeii until today, and criss-crossing the globe from North to South: from Norway to Mozambique - and West to East: from Peru to Australia. Categories include architecture, painting, sculpture, ivories, textiles, metalwork, jewellery and portraits of people wearing crosses, as well as examples of the cross in nature.
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Serena Fass began taking photographs when she was seven and has continued all her life: in Europe as a teenager, then in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran and India before she started her travel company Serenissima in 1972, of which John Julius Norwich was Chairman. Serena was soon on her way to Peru, Mexico, Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Israel, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Burma, Indonesia, China, Japan and Australia, always with her camera, as she did reconnaissance or led tours for Serenissima. In 1974 she compiled a book of meditations and images: FACES OF INDIA to raise money for Mother Teresa of Calcutta. This winning formula gave her the idea of doing the same thing with her many images of crosses. The result has eventually crystallised into this book which she has taken fourteen years to complete, adding meditations from some of her favourite saints, poets and many of her friends. Meanwhile she has continued to lead tours for both Noble Caledonia and TransIndus Travel in addition to lecturing on Swan Hellenic & Saga cruises. Serena has given nine illustrated fund raising lectures at the Royal Geographic Society, as well as to the Friends of the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Nehru Centre in London. She continues to travel widely.
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Paperback. Etat : New. "Of all the world's great religious symbols, the Cross is the most widespread and the most enduring. This beautiful book celebrates it in all its countless varieties, as perhaps it has never been celebrated before."--John Julius Norwich, chairman of Venice in Peril (1971-2000), chairman of Serenissima Travel (1972-1987) "This is a wonderful book. These images, gathered in one place, are an unique experience for the believer and non-believer alike. They are extraordinary artistic representations of great beauty from all over the world. Serena Fass's passion to follow her path is palpable as you turn the pages."--David Verey, chairman of the Tate Gallery Trustees (1998-2004), chairman of the Art Fund (2004-) Serena Fass has compiled a collection of many important and beautiful representations of the Cross, spanning different strands of the Christian faith from the earliest Christians in Pompeii to the present day, and criss-crossing the globe from Norway to Zimbabwe and Peru to Australia. Works are illustrated in a variety of media, including architecture, painting, sculpture, ivories, textiles, metalwork, and jewelry, as well as examples of the Cross manifest in nature. Serena has tried to convey the wide variety of cultural representations that illustrate Jesus's great commission to "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation" (Mark 16:15). N° de réf. du vendeur 0103790
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Vendeur : Postscript Books, Newton Abbot, DEVON, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : New. Over a period of four decades photographer and travel writer Serena Fass assembled a vast collection of images of crosses across categories including architecture, painting and sculpture but also textiles and jewellery. Beginning with examples in Jerusalem and radiating from there to locations around the globe, the selection she has chosen for this publication is accompanied by quotes from the Bible, prayers and the words of religious leaders as well as her own explanatory captions, together demonstrating the enduring power of the symbol. N° de réf. du vendeur 546710
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Etat : Very Good. 1st edition. Large format paperback, VG+. 412pp, colour illustrations throughout, edges a little bumped, SIGNED to the title with dedication by the author ( to Lord Carey who is thanked for providing two quotations used in the book ) laid in is an invitation to the launch of the book, a nice copy with a provenance. A celebration of the Christian Cross, with images of the Cross from around the world allied to related prose. 1425 grams. N° de réf. du vendeur 48793
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