The image of Christ
By: Gabriele Finaldi ; with an introduction by Neil MacGregor ; and contributions by Susanna Avery-Quash... [et al.].
Contributors: Avery-Quash, Susanna.
Publisher: National Gallery; Distributed by Yale University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; [New Haven, Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Art -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "This book, and the exhibition it accompanies, express the confidence that modern secular audiences can engage with the masterpieces of Christian art at an emotional as well as a purely aesthetic or historical level. Their aim is to help the viewer understand these pictures by focusing attention on the purpose for which they were made, and exploring why they might have meant to their original viewers."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Published to accompany an exhibition--T.p. verso.