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Reluctant Partners: Art and Religion in Dialgue by Ena G Heller Publisher Comments Its extensive bibliography, essays treating the history of the field and individual case studies which demonstrate current methodologies, by noted scholars in the field make this an invaluable resource to the university, seminary and museum... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $6.75 Used - Hardcover 
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How to Read Bible Stories and Myths in Art: Decoding the Old Masters from Giotto to Goya by Patrick De Rynck Publisher Comments In How to Read Bible Stories and Myths in Art, Patrick De Rynck explores the roots of Western civilization from three different angles: He introduces the reader to the best-known stories from the Bible and mythology; he presents a selection of... (read more) List Price $37.50 Your price: $25.00 Sale - Flexible
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Alter Icons: The Russian Icon and Modernity by Jefferson J. A. (edt) Gatrall Publisher Comments "A collection of essays by eleven scholars of Russian history, art, literature, cinema, philosophy, and theology that track key shifts in the production, circulation, and consumption of the Russian icon from Peter the Great's Enlightenment to the post... (read more) Your price: $86.95 New - Hardcover
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Clash of Gods : a Reinterpretation of Early Christian Art, Revised and Expanded (Rev 99 Edition) by Thomas F. Mathews Publisher Comments "This book presents an up-to-date and original survey of Early Christian art and its origins, and attacks the current idea of continuity between the Roman emperor cult and the art of the early church. Conservative readers may well be shocked by this... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $30.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Abbot Suger on the Abbey Church of ST. Denis and Its Art Treasures (79 Edition) by Erwin Panofsky Publisher Comments This revised edition incorporates the additions and corrections recorded by Erwin Panofsky until the time of his death in 1968. Gerda Panofsky-Soergel has updated the commentary in the light of new material, and the bibliography that she has prepared... (read more) List Price $31.95 Your price: $24.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Theaters of Conversion (01 Edition) by Samuel Y. Edgerton Publisher Comments Missionary friars arrived in New Spain in 1521 and related their own European architectural and visual arts styles to the tastes and expectations of native Indians, conceiving of conventos as a special architectural theater in which to carry out their... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.00 Used - Hardcover
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A Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols by Robert Beer Publisher Comments The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols is a portal into the rich, multifaceted, and profound symbolism of Tibetan sacred art. Robert Beer provides a deep and encompassing insight into the vast array of symbols and attributes that appear within the... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Leonardo's Incessant Last Supper by Leo Steinberg Publisher Comments A picture universally recognized, endlessly scrutinized and described, incessantly copied, adapted, lampooned: does Leonardo's near-ruined Last Supper still offer anything new to be seen or to be said? This book is a resounding Yes to both questions... (read more) Your price: $48.95 New - Hardcover
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Maria: Pope Benedict XVI on the Mother of God by Pope Benedict Xvi Synopsis This lavishly illustrated book features paintings, sculptures, and artwork of the Blessed Virgin Mary from all over the world. The pictures are accompanied by the profound writings and homilies of Pope Benedict XVI on the person of Mary.... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Hardcover
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This Anguished World of Shadows: Georges Rouault's Miserere Et Guerre by Holly Flora Publisher Comments A unique and rare insight into a major body of the modern print-makers art, and a vital part of Georges Rouault's oeuvre. Presents one of the very few remaining intact series showing all 58 plates from Miserere out of the 450 editions originally printed... (read more) Your price: $60.00 New - Hardcover
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Idol Anxiety by Josh Ellenbogen Publisher Comments This interdisciplinary collection of essays addresses idolatry, a contested issue that has given rise to both religious accusations and heated scholarly disputes. Idol Anxiety brings together insightful new statements from scholars in religious studies... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $20.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Illuminated Manuscript by Janet Backhouse Publisher Comments The British Library houses one of the world's great collections of illuminated manuscripts, and Janet Backhouse has drawn on this rich resource to make a selection of outstanding examples that span over 800 years of medieval book production. She begins... (read more) Your price: $12.75 New - Trade Paper
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Angels and Demons in Art (Guide to Imagery) by Rosa Giorgi Publisher Comments This sumptuously illustrated volume analyzes artists' representations of angels and demons and heaven and hell from the Judeo-Christian tradition and describes how these artistic portrayals evolved over time. As with other books in the Guide to Imagery... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art by James Elkins Publisher Comments Religion and serious art have grown apart. While Sister Wendy speaks eloquently about modern art as if it were all religious, art historians distance themselves from the very idea of spirituality. And yet there is a tremendous amount of religious art... (read more) Your price: $43.50 New - Trade Paper
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Storytelling in Christian Art from Giotto to Donatello by Jules Lubbock Book News Annotation Shortly after their unveiling, the locals would have stood before the frescoes, not just to see them, but to read them in the particular language that was art and faith before them. They would have understood from the turn of the hand on the far right... (read more) Your price: $56.95 New - Hardcover
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art (06 Edition) by Kandinsky Publisher Comments Wassily Kandinsky was one of the most influential painters of the twentieth century, and this text, in which he laid out the tenets of painting as he saw them and made the case for nonobjective artistic forms, is universally recognized as an essential... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Saints: A Year in Faith and Art by Rosa Giorgi Publisher Comments This richly illustrated, unique volume portrays more than 375 Catholic saints, arranged by the days of the year on which each beatified figure is honored. The images range from world-famous works of art by such masters as Caravaggio, Rubens, Velázquez... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Big Poster Book of Hindu Deities: 12 Removable Prints by Sanjay Patel Publisher Comments Following the success of his Little Book of Hindu Deities and Ramayana: Divine Loophole, illustrator Sanjay Patel selected twelve popular Hindu deities to feature in this gorgeous print portfolio. Each full-color poster shows off Patel s cute-meets... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Papi in Posa: 500 Years of Papal Portraiture by Gangemi Editore Publisher Comments Papi in Posa, or Papal Portraiture, first shown in the Braschi Palace - home of the Museum of Rome - in 2004 and later in Washington, DC's John Paul II Cultural Center, was a historic and unprecedented exposition of masterpieces from major international... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Uneasy Communion: Jews, Christians, and the Altarpieces of Medieval Spain by Vivian B. Mann Book News Annotation Beautifully illustrated with many color plates, this catalogue of four essays was published to accompany an eponymous exhibition at the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) in New York in 2010. Thomas F. Glick (Boston U.), Carmen Lacarra Ducay (U. of... (read more) Your price: $60.00 New - Hardcover
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