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Title: The Image of Christ by Gabriele Finaldi, Neil Macgregor, Susanna Avery-Quash, Xavier Bray, Erika Langmuir, Alexander Sturgis ISBN: 0-300-08365-3 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful Pictorial and Exposition
Comment: The focus of this book is the Collection in Trafalgar Square but is not exclusive to it. It contains works of art that either picture a representation of Christ or allude to Him. I found my reading to be a delightful and awe-inspiring theological journey. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of how Christ is perceived. Several authors have compiled brief descriptions of the works that explain their significance and meaning. The book traces it course through predominately Catholic art. This may have been done mostly out of necesity because the plethera of art from the 13th to 20th centuries is largely by Catholics. However, it would have been nice to see some more Protestant imagery to complete the respesentation of Christ in art.
Rating: 5
Summary: This is the Real Thing
Comment: I have noticed that Christian Art books have been growing in popularity. Many of these are cheap opportunities to jump on a commercial bandwagon in an attempt to make a quick buck. This book is the REAL THING. It is outstanding. The pictures are large and sharp. The articles are informative and written well. This book values its subject and covers a wide spectrum of Christ centered art. I found this book both thoughtful and moving.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Artistic and Theological Treasure
Comment: This book is equivalently the catalog of an art exhibit at the National Gallery London from February to May, 2000 on how Christ has been portrayed in art from a fourth century Good Shepherd statue to Stanley Spencer's 1926 Resurrection, Cookham. The magnificently illustrated 79 items in the show are supplemented with photographs of 52 additional pieces of art that develop the theology out of which each set of images arose. It is a thing of beauty and pleasure, useful for prayer and theology, and the sort of thing needed in today. Too many postmodern art students have lost contact with the Christian symbols of the western world and are unaware of the depths of their own cultural heritage. This book will be very informative for them and even for the already theologically educated.
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Title: Seeing Salvation: Images of Christ in Art by Neil MacGregor, Erika Langmuir ISBN: 0300084781 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Illustrated Jesus Through the Centuries by Jaroslav Pelikan ISBN: 0300072686 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Last Supper by Phaidon Press ISBN: 071483940X Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Pub. Date: 25 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Painting the Word: Christian Pictures and Their Meanings by John Drury ISBN: 0300092946 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: A Journey into Christian Art by Helen De Borchgrave, Helen De Borchgrave ISBN: 0800632400 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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