Christian Iconography or The History of Christian Art in the Middle Ages, Part 1
Contributors: E. J. Millingston (Translator)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 524
ISBN-13: 9780766140752
Subjects: History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Religious subjects depicted in art; History - Medieval; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Subjects & Themes - Religious
First sentence: BEFORE entering on the subject of Iconography generally, it may be advisable to devote a few pages to the examination of an attribute which is of very frequent occurrence in Christian Archaeology, and which alone will often be found sufficiently expressive to enable us to determine the dignity and character of the personage invested with it.