Products In Religious art (Total Products 40, Showing: 1 -> 40)
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Companion to the major new BBC documentary series CIVILISATIONS, presented by Mary Beard, David Olusoga and Simon Schama
The idea of 'civilisation' h...
'Fantastically good fun - sharp, sexy and intelligent . . . Something of a masterpiece' Sunday Mirror
'Like a ritzy 50 Shades meets The Da Vinci Cod...
The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew (1606-7) marks a crucial turning point in the life and artistic development of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571...
Before the Renaissance and Reformation, holy images were treated not as art but as objects of veneration which possessed the tangible presence of th...
The first major survey to reveal the ways in which Classical mythology has inspired art throughout the last 2,500 years From the films of Woody Allen ...
William Blake (1757-1827) is considered one of the most singular and brilliant talents that England has ever produced. Celebrated now for the original...
A provocative study of the iconoclastic impulse in medieval and modern art.From late medieval reenactments of the Deposition from the Cross to Sol Lew...
This is the first critical examination of Pablo Picasso's use of religious imagery and the religious import of many of his works with secular subjec...
After an immense process of careful restoration and conservation, the outstanding artistry of the Great East Window is revealed afresh through state-o...
[Mitchell] undertakes to explore the nature of images by comparing them with words, or, more precisely, by looking at them from the viewpoint of verb...
This catalogue of the Wyvern sculpture collection, which is not open to the public, comprises outstanding European sculptures of the medieval period, as well as some Late Antique and Byzantine pieces and related works of the post-medieval era. Objects are made from wood, stone (including alabaster and marble) and terracotta.
Media coverage of the Danish cartoon crisis and the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan left Westerners with a strong impression that Islam does not...
'The underlying message of the series is, of course, that Death comes for us all, and if it interrupts the recreations of the wealthy rather more inso...
Staking out new territory in the history of art, this book presents a compelling argument for a lost link between the panel-painting tradition of Gree...
Pioneering work by the great modernist painter, considered by many to be the father of abstract art and a leader in the movement to free art from trad...
Icons and murals depicting the biblical scene of the Last Judgment adorned many Eastern-rite churches in medieval and early modern Ukraine. Dating fro...
The book of Revelation has been a source of continual fascination for nearly two thousand years. Concepts such as The Lamb of God, the Four Horsemen, ...
Visions of Paradise showcases new scholarly research on the monumental Palmieri Altarpiece by Francesco Botticini (1446-1498). The painting, which dep...
This title posits a constructive way to make sense of the miracles depicted in the Bible from a contemporary, enlightened perspective, considering the work of minister and fantasy writer George MacDonald.
Our parish churches constitute a living patrimony without precise European parallel. Their cultural riches are astonishing, not only for their quality...
A panoramic exploration of peoples, objects and beliefs over 40,000 years from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germ...
The Book of Miracles first surfaced only a few years ago and is one of the most spectacular discoveries in the field of Renaissance art. The near-comp...
Join Sister Wendy on a journey through Lent, and discover the timeless wisdom to be found in some of the world's greatest paintings.Illustrated in ful...
The walls of medieval churches were brightly painted with religious imagery and colourful patterns, and although often shadows of their former selves,...
Religion has always been a fundamental force for constructing identity, from antiquity to the contemporary world. The transformation of ancient cults ...
A book of superlatives, that's been ten years in the making!When the traditional world of faith encounters unshackled creativity, the result can often...
Padmasambhava, a legendary Buddhist master believed to be instrumental in bringing Buddhism to Tibet, is often known as The Second Buddha. According...
Museum visitors today usually see pre-16th-century Italian painted altarpieces exhibited alone, as single paintings. Yet this beautiful catalogue show...
How did the monks, nuns and hermits live? What rules did they agree to obey? To what extent were they able to uphold those ideals in reality? What was...
Xu Bin Jueyi's sculpture breaks nearly a hundred years of stasis in Buddha sculpting. Using contemporary materials such as metal, resin and wood, Juey...
Explores the threefold office of Christ in }The Lord Of The Rings{, based on lectures at the Marion E. Wade Center.
A lifelong devotee of ancient Egyptian and Oriental culture, the French author, artist, and scholar Achille-Constant-Théodore-Émile Prisse d'Avennes...
In the yoga tradition, bhakti is the path of the heart. This devotional branch of yoga is growing in popularity as increasing numbers of practitioners...
Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art. Before the printing press was invented, books were...
This is the first-ever scholarly publication devoted to the art of Francesco de Mura (1696?1782), one of the greatest painters of the Golden Age of Na...
Divine Conception: The Art of the Annunciation asks the questions: How to evoke the invisible in the visible? How to convey the divine in the human?
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This volume focuses on the migration and acculturation of images in Jewish culture and how that reflects intercultural exchange. Gender aspects of Jew...
'[a] gem of a book' SpectatorChurches and cathedrals were originally built to be read. They are alive with images and symbols. But today few people, i...
The 22 objects include pottery, coins, jewellery, household artefacts, sacred items, musical instruments and paintings. Together they bring to life th...
Presented here for the first time in English is a remarkable screenplay about the apostle Paul by Pier Paolo Pasolini, legendary filmmaker, novelist, ...