A Closer Look: Saints (Paperback)

Drawing on the National Gallery's comprehensive collection of religious images, A Closer Look: Saints explains the importance of saints and their role in the history of European painting. Erika Langmuir underlines the fundamental importance of saints in many of the National Gallery's paintings and, using examples of works by Raphael, Durer, and Crivelli, among others, explains the sometimes puzzling conventions for identifying saints by their attributes. She also describes how saints became part of the institutions of the Christian church, the different types of saints, and the increasing importance of saintly relics in the Middle Ages. And she provides an introduction to a wide variety of personalities, from the ambiguous penitent Mary Magdalen to such revered figures as Saint Jerome and Saint Francis of Assisi. Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press

General

Imprint:	National Gallery Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	A Closer Look
Release date:	2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Erika Langmuir
Dimensions:	210 x 146 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	96
ISBN-13:	978-1-85709-465-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Religious subjects depicted in art
LSN:	1-85709-465-4
Barcode:	9781857094657

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