Author: Bagnoli, Martina e al Title: Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe
Description: Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, 2010. Softcover. Black matte wraps with gold illustration and yellow lettering. French flaps. 260 pp. with 139 works in color. Catalogue from the exhibition held in Cleveland, Baltimore, and London. Traces the making of reliquaries from the earliest days of Christianity to the apogee of the practice in the 16th century, exploring how medieval artists invented new ways to express the power of sacred remains and the role that relics played in th edeveopment of th evisual arts in both Eastern Christianity and Western Christendom. Several scholarly essays and beautiful color plates and figures. VG (edge-wear, scuffs & scratches to covers. light toning to pg edges. pgs clean) .
Keywords: European Art ; Christian Art and Reliquary ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Art
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 148039
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