Publication

1986 - Black Swan Books, Redding Ridge, CT, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

58,250 words, Guess

Page Count

233 pages

Identifiers

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  • Goodreads1950499

Classifications

  • DDC709/.44
  • LCCN6843 .M3413 1986

Alternate Titles

  • Art and artists of the Middle Ages.

Description

"To French art historian Male, Christian art is an unfolding drama of the earthly revelation of the divine spirit, with influences interacting across centuries. Author of such popular books as The Gothic Image, he writes with passion and scholarship. He marvels at the earliest Syrian portrayals of the Gospel story, in which turbulent realism triumphed over Hellenic calm; he ties the battlements of Mont-Saint-Michel to the saga of Joan of Arc. Following Roman roads across Arab Spain, he admires firsthand the ``gossamer wonders'' of Cordoba's Great Mosque and speculates that it must have inspired the architect of Notre-Dame-du-Port. First published in 1927, now translated into English for the first time, this collection of specialized essays leaps from French Gothic ivories and glass paintings to Raphael, in whose pictures ``one senses the presence of God everywhere.'' -- Publisher's Weekly.

Subjects

Topics

French ArtArt, French.Medieval ArtArt, Medieval -- France.

Places

Series Statement

  • French medieval art series

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