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Author:

Burckhardt, Titus.

Title:

The foundations of Christian art : illustrated / Titus Burckhardt ; edited by Michael Oren Fitzgerald ; foreword by Keith Critchlow.

Publisher:

World Wisdom,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xi, 114 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Christian art and symbolism--History.

Other Authors:

Fitzgerald, Michael Oren, 1949-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 112) and index.

Contents:

Late Renaissance and baroque : "the tragedy of Christian art." The role of illuminated manuscripts in Christian art. The heavenly Jerusalem -- The foundations of Christian art. The royal portal of Chartres Cathedral ; Two examples of Christian symbolism ; The portal of St. Gall ; Simone Martini ; The theological message of Russian icons -- The decadence and the renewal of Christian art. Late Renaissance and baroque : "the tragedy of Christian art."

Series:

The library of perennial philosophy
Sacred art in tradition

ISBN:

9781933316123
9781933316123 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1933316128 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62535966

LCCN:

2005035159

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)