Religious Subjects Depicted in Art

His juvenile carefreeness has made him famous; the figure has become the true landmark not only of the Cathedral, but of the entire city. His smile...

Die Frage nach den Querverbindungen zwischen der von symbolischem Denken geleiteten Weltsicht des Hochmittelalters und der besonderen Gestalt eines...

This book is a study of contemporary spirituality as it is practiced in the world today, characterized by its secular and inclusive nature, and app...

The first book-length study of the fifteen surviving Little Gidding bible concordances, this book examines the visual culture of print in seventeen...

The book investigates the aesthetic theology embedded in the Franciscan artistic tradition. The novelty of the approach is in applying concepts gle...

Little has been said about the relationship of Herbert’s writings to those of John Calvin, yet the latter were abundant and influential in Herbert’...

Tradition and Transformation in Christian Art approaches tradition and transculturality in religious art from an Orthodox perspective that defines ...

A rare glimpse of a young C. S. Lewis. Spirits in Bondage reveals the earliest published thoughts of C. S. Lewis. However, we find an unfamiliar L...

In the digital world, Kierkegaard's thought is valuable in thinking about aesthetics as a component of human development, both including but moving...

The articles republished in this volume are ground-breaking studies that employ a large body of religious figural imagery of Byzantine lead seals r...

People have been searching for meaning in Islamic art for centuries. This generously illustrated book explores the iconography of Islamic art from...

Religion and sex, body and soul, sacred and profane: In Closet Devotions, Richard Rambuss traces the relays between these cultural formations by ex...

"Art and architecture are mirrors of a society. They reflect the state of its values, especially in times of crisis or transition." Upon this premi...

Contributing to the growing interest in early modern women and religion, this essay collection advances scholarship by introducing readers to recen...

The Sister Chapel (1974-78) was an important collaborative installation that materialized at the height of the women’s art movement. Conceived as a...

The central contention of Christian faith is that in the incarnation the eternal Word or Logos of God himself has taken flesh, so becoming for us t...

People have been searching for meaning in Islamic art for centuries. Newly available in paperback, this book explores the iconography of Islamic ar...

Books on mural painting in Thailand have tended to focus on works commissioned by royalty or other elites from the centers of power. This volume is...

The Sacred Mirrors are a journey through our physical, socio-political, and spiritual anatomy. Sacred Mirrors Cards contains twenty-three meditatio...

We know of no better introduction to the spiritual vision of one of the greatest writers of all time, Leo Tolstoy. This anthology vividly reveals –...

This book will serve as an invaluable research tool for students and scholars with an interest in art relating to early drama, as well as those who...