Author: Mrs. Jameson [Anna Brownell Jameson]
Title: Sacred and Legendary Art; Legends of the Monastic Orders; Legends of the Madonna; the History of Our Lord
Description: London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1872-1874. Cloth. A smart example of Anna Brownell Jameson's scholarly work on religion and art, illustrated throughout. Complete in six volumes. In the publisher's original red cloth, with illustrative gilt stamps to the front boards.This series, written by Anglo-Irish art historian Anna Brownell Jameson, explores the artistic depictions of religion, beginning life as a serialisation in 'The Athenaeum' from 1845 to 1846.These volumes focus on the legends of angels, archangels, the evangelists, the apostles, and significant figures like St. Mary Magdalene, as represented in fine art.The final work in this set, 'History of Our Lord in Art', was left unfinished upon Jameson's death in 1860, being completed by her friend Lady Eastlake.Jameson was best known for writing on subjects such as art and literary criticism, philosophy, travel writing, and feminism. Comprising the following:  'Sacred and Legendary Art' (in two volumes) - The seventh edition (1874). With a frontispiece and eight plates to Vol I, a frontispiece, folding plate and eight plates to Vol II, and in-text woodcuts throughout both. 'Legends of the Monastic Orders' - The fifth edition (1872). With a frontispiece, nine plates and in-text woodcuts.Legends of the Madonna' - The fifth edition (1872). With a frontispiece, twenty-six plates and in-text woodcuts. 'The History of Our Lord' (in two volumes) - The third edition (1872). With nine plates to Volume I. One folding plate and twenty-one further plates to Vol II. With numerous in-text illustrations throughout both.Collated, complete. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spines and a small chip to the spine head cloth of Vol I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional spots to the first and last few leaves, heaviest instance to 'Madonna&apos. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Keywords: Anna Brownell Jameson Art Religion Sacred and Legendary Art Art Not Stated


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