The history of the church in art / Rosa Giorgi ; translated by Brian Phillips.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Guide to imageryPublication details: Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008.Description: 382 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780892369362
  • 0892369361
Uniform titles:
  • Simboli, protagonisti e storia della Chiesa. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • N 7830 .G5313 2008
Contents:
Introduction -- Liturgical objects and furnishings -- Clothes, vestments, and status -- Worship and images -- Episodes in the history of the western church -- Historical figures in the Roman church tradition -- Appendixes -- Index of subjects -- Index of artists.
Summary: "The aim of this guide is to explain features and symbols in religious works of art as they relate to the history of the Church at the time these works were commissioned and created."--Introduction.
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Includes indexes.

Introduction -- Liturgical objects and furnishings -- Clothes, vestments, and status -- Worship and images -- Episodes in the history of the western church -- Historical figures in the Roman church tradition -- Appendixes -- Index of subjects -- Index of artists.

"The aim of this guide is to explain features and symbols in religious works of art as they relate to the history of the Church at the time these works were commissioned and created."--Introduction.

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