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Author Drury, John, 1936-

Title Painting the word : Christian pictures and their meanings / John Drury.

Publication Info. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press ; London : National Gallery Publications, 1999.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  704.948 DRURY    DUE 05-06-24
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  246 DRURY    Check Shelf
Description xv, 201 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-192) and index.
Contents Worlds and times -- Kind regards -- The incarnation of the word and the words -- The birth of the redeemer -- The sacrificial body -- Partakers of the altar -- The social body -- Two worlds/one world: Rubens -- Two worlds/one world: Velazquez.
Subject Painting, European.
Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Europe.
Christian art and symbolism -- Modern period, 1500- -- Europe.
Jesus Christ -- Art.
Christian art and symbolism.
Christian art and symbolism -- History.
ISBN 0300077777 cloth alkaline paper
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