The lives of the saints through 100 masterpieces /
"Designed to look beyond the artistic merit of the 100 depictions of Christian saints reproduced here -- often well known to us as visual images -- to discuss the meanings behind them. Brief descriptions of each piece recount the stories they represent and explain, further, the relevant religio...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
Duquesne University Press,
[2011]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Designed to look beyond the artistic merit of the 100 depictions of Christian saints reproduced here -- often well known to us as visual images -- to discuss the meanings behind them. Brief descriptions of each piece recount the stories they represent and explain, further, the relevant religious, historical, and cultural context"-- |
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| Item Description: | "First published in French under the title La vie des saints: à travers 100 chefs-d'oeuvre de la peinture. Copyright 2005 Presses de la Renaissance, 12 avenue d'Italie, 75013 Paris, France"--title page verso. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 223 pages :) : color illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780820705767 |