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Books : Art, Architecture & Photography : Subjects within Art : Religious Subjects
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The powerful quilts of Harriet Powers (1837-1910), a former Athens, Georgia slave, continue to capture our imagination today. Her two-known creations, the Bible Quilt and the Pictorial Quilt, have independently survived since stitched more than a century ago. Over the years, thousands of museum visitors to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston have stood transfixed viewing her artwork.
Powers' two quilts are arguably the most well-known and cited coverings in American quilt history. But, until today, no one has told the entire, dramatic story of how these two quilts, one of which initially sold for $5, were coveted, cared for, and cherished for decades in private homes before emerging as priceless, national treasures.
This I Accomplish: Harriet Powers' Bible Quilt and Other Pieces brings to light new, exciting facts - many never before published: complete exhibition history for both known quilts; proof Harriet Powers was a literate, award-winning quilter, who stitched at least five quilts and promoted her own artwork; profiles of the two nineteenth century women who sought to purchase the Bible Quilt; profiles of the three men who once owned the Pictorial Quilt; unveiling of a young artist who embellished the Pictorial Quilt; and the name of the person who first made the connection in the twentie
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This guide informs visitors to churches and cathedrals how to interpret the common images and meanings in church art and architecture. It explains how to identify people, scenes, details and their significance, and explores the symbolism of different animals, plants, colours, numbers and letters.
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This edition brings together selections taken from examples of the 'Book of Hours'. The pages are positioned in the order in which they would have appeared in a traditional 'Book of Hours'. Short texts provide an explanation of the scenes depicted and the significance of the various prayers.
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Catalogues the heritage of images according to type and subject, from the ancient at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai to those from Greece, Constantinople, and Russia. This book includes chapters such as role of icons in the Orthodox liturgy and on common iconic subjects, including the fathers and saints of the Eastern Church.
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One of the truly great minds of all time, the 15th-century Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci was uncannily ahead of his time, giving the world not only the Mona Lisa and his other extraordinary works of art, but also designs for a helicopter, military tank, submarine, bicycle - and even the sewing machine - among many other incredibly advanced innovations.
It has also been argued that he may even have been behind the faking of Christianity's most precious relic, the Shroud of Turin through the use of an ingenious form of primitive photography...
Yet despite his genius - and the many dozen of full notebooks he left to posterity - the man Leonardo remains largely unknown: intensely private to the point of secretiveness, there is no way of knowing his innermost thoughts or even what really drove his restless being. Illegitimate and badly educated, he forged his own way through the world with sheer determination and the power of his extraordinary mind, fuelled by an intense curiosity to discover the heart and motion of everything that surrounded him. Always he questioned, ignoring the restrictions on learning instigated by the Church. How does light work? How do we see? How does blood circulate through the body? Is it possible to create truly life-like images using paint or stone? Are there unknown ways of creating such images? Can Man ever fly using some kind of apparatus - o
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Covers one-and-a-half millennia of Christian imagery and includes descriptions of selected masterpieces. This book features icons that come from the Icon Museum in Recklinghausen, which possesses the most extensive and highest-quality icon collection outside the Orthodox world. It also features 35 photographs, and a timeline of important events.
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Christian images have a long history within the Western art tradition from the devotional works of the Renaissance period, to the interpretations of the 21st century. This book explores the changing nature of the representation of themes and subjects found in Christian art, covering the Eucharist, the crucifixion, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.
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A title in the LITTLE BOOKS OF series which present a selection of manifestations of the Green Men and gargoyles, grotesques and spirits which are to be found in the churches and cathedrals of Europe. This book looks at the manifestations of the Green Man in particular, as Pan, Robin Hood, the oak King, a symbol of life in death, and death in life.
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Journeys to the heart of the great treasure-house of pre-Iconoclastic icons at Mt Sinai to celebrate its unique historical and spiritual value, and to reveal the spirituality and devotional practices of our ancestors.
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Every Catholic saint, local and liturgical, is honoured on a particular day of the year. Here, the author has chosen up to three saints for every day of the year, along with representations of those saints ranging from world-famous works of art to more modern depictions. The author also gives a short explanation of each saint.
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The first millennium saw a rich and distinctive artistic tradition form in Europe. In this book, Lawrence Nees explores issues of artistic patronage, craftsmanship, holy men and women, monasteries, secular courts and the expressive and educational roles of artistic creation.