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“jonathan koestle cate”

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  • Art and the Church: A Fractious Embrace

    Ecclesiastical Encounters with Contemporary Art

    by Jonathan Koestle-Cate ...
    A vibrant critical exchange between contemporary art and Christianity is being increasingly prompted by an expanding programme of art installations and commissions for ecclesiastical spaces. Rather than 'religious art' reflecting Christian ideology, current practices frequently initiate projects that question the values and traditions of the host space, or present objects and events that challenge ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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  • Hieronymus Bosch

    Visions, Symbols, and the Secrets of the Soul

    by Virginia Pitts Rembert ...
    Hieronymus Bosch was painting terrifying, yet strangely likeable, monsters, long before computer games were invented, often with a touch of humour. His works are assertive statements about the mental dangers that befall those who abandon the teachings of Christ. With a life that spanned from 1450 to 1516, Bosch was born at the height of the Renaissance and witnessed its wars of religion. Medieval ... Read more

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  • Christians and Images: Early Christian Attitudes toward Images

    by Steven Bigham ...
    This book aims at combating the Hostility Theory which claims that the Christians in the pagan Roman Empire had no images and rejected them as idolatrous. Did the early Christians, during the first three centuries, 33–313, have images in their churches or places of worship and homes? If they did not, was that because they thought that all images were idols or close to being idols? Did they think ... Read more

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  • From the Title Page to Colophon

    by Eternal ...
    For the first time in global history, Eternal books has burst the scientific bubble by revealing the wonders of creation. People from all walks of life simply must take the opportunity to examine these books. Read these amazing small-size books to stave off the can of worms and quicksand which politics, religion, education, science and civilization have become. ... Read more

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  • The Living Icon in Byzantium and Italy

    The Vita Image, Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries

    by Paroma Chatterjee ...
    This is the first book to explore the emergence and function of a novel pictorial format in the Middle Ages, the vita icon, which displayed the magnified portrait of a saint framed by scenes from his or her life. The vita icon was used for depicting the most popular figures in the Orthodox calendar and, in the Latin West, was deployed most vigorously in the service of Francis of Assisi. This book ... Read more

    $109.09 USD

  • Michelangelo's Poetry and Iconography in the Heart of the Reformation

    by Ambra Moroncini ...
    Contextualizing Michelangelo’s poetry and spirituality within the framework of the religious Zeitgeist of his era, this study investigates his poetic production to shed new light on the artist’s religious beliefs and unique language of art. Author Ambra Moroncini looks first and foremost at Michelangelo the poet and proposes a thought-provoking reading of Michelangelo’s most controversial artistic ... Read more

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  • Coptic Monasteries

    Egypt's Monastic Art and Architecture

    by Gawdat Gabra ...
    Egypt, the birthplace of communal monasticism, has a rich store of monasteries and monastic art. Coptic Monasteries takes the reader on a tour of the best preserved and most significant of these ancient religious centers, documenting in exhaustive detail the richness and the glory of the Coptic heritage. An informative introduction by Tim Vivian brings to life the early Christian era, with ... Read more

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  • The Many Faces of Christ

    Portraying the Holy in the East and West, 300 to 1300

    by Michele Bacci ...
    It is common to think of Jesus of Nazareth’s main physical characteristics as including long, wavy, blondish hair and a short beard. Yet the Holy Scriptures are silent about Christ’s features, and his representations are hardly consistent in early Christian and medieval arts. The wearing of long hair, moreover, is explicitly condemned by St Paul as shameful and effeminate: therefore it is ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

  • Art of Islam

    Sacred beauty and artistic traditions of Islamic culture

    by Gaston Migeon, Henri Saladin ...
    Islamic art is not the art of a nation or of a people, but that of a religion: Islam. Spreading from the Arabian Peninsula, the proselyte believers conquered, in a few centuries, a territory spreading from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Multicultural and multi-ethnical, this polymorphic and highly spiritual art, in which all representation of Man and God were prohibited, developed canons and ... Read more

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  • Islamic Palace Architecture in the Western Mediterranean

    A History

    by Felix Arnold ...
    Palaces like the Aljafería and the Alhambra rank among the highest achievements of the Islamic world. In recent years archaeological work at Córdoba, Kairouan and many other sites has vastly increased our knowledge about the origin and development of Islamic palatial architecture, particularly in the Western Mediterranean region. This book offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Islamic ... Read more

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  • The Fatal Force

    by Aleister Crowley ...
    This early work by Aleister Crowley was originally published in 1899. Born in Royal Leamington Spa, England in 1875, Crowley was raised by Christian fundamentalist parents. He attended Trinity College at Cambridge University, but left before graduating. After leaving the college, he devoted his time to studying the occult, and travelled extensively throughout the world in persuit of its secret ... Read more

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  • Poetry Devotions

    Receiving Inspiration from Him

    by Gabriel Bridgmon ...
    Sharing what the Lord has inspired me to write during years of time spent with Him is an honor. As you read through these pages you'll be touch as I was by the various topics I was inspired to write a poem about. You'll laugh with excitement, be enlighten with insight, and inspired with encouragement. Read expecting the words on the page speak to you as well as they spoke to me. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD