Saints in Art

ISBN-13: 9780892367177 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 384 str.

. Giorgi

Opis

Christian saints have been the objects of reverence and fascination throughout the past two millennia. Their likenesses, heroic acts, prayerful lives, and stories of martyrdom have been portrayed frequently in art of diverse media. Without familiarity with the saints and their images and symbols, viewers of art may find it challenging to identify, for example, which saint is represented as a monk with an axe through his head, or a beautiful girl holding a wheel, or a woman carrying her eyes on a plate.

O autorze

Stefano Zuffi, 1961, lebt in Mailand. Er arbeitet als Kunsthistoriker und gehört zu den bekanntesten Autoren über italienische Kunst. Seine Bände zur Kunst der Renaissance wurden in viele Sprachen übersetzt.