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Likeness and Presence: A History of the Image before the Era of Art New edition
Hans Belting
Likeness and Presence: A History of the Image before the Era of Art New edition
Hans Belting
Before the Renaissance and Reformation, holy images were treated not as "art" but as objects of veneration which possessed the tangible presence of the "Holy", Hans Belting traces in this volume the long history of the sacral image and its changing role in European culture.
676 pages, 12 colour plates, 294 halftones
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 15, 1997 |
ISBN13 | 9780226042152 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 676 |
Dimensions | 169 × 237 × 25 mm · 1.25 kg |
Language | English |
Translator | Jephcott, Edmund |
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