Main entry:

Mâle, Emile, 1862-1954, author.

Title & Author:

Religious art from the twelfth to the eighteenth century / Émile Mâle.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd., 1949.
©1949

Description:

48 plates, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Religious Art of the Twelfth Century. Origins -- The influence of litergical drama -- The influence of Saint -Denis and of Suger art and the saints -- The pilgrimages : the Italian roads -- The pilgrimages: French and Spanish roads -- The world and nature -- The storied doorways of the twelfth century -- Religious Art of the Thriteenth Century. The symbolic quality of Medieval art -- The Four Mirrors of Vincent of Beauvais -- The Mirror of Nature -- The Mirror of Knowledge -- The Mirror of Morality -- The Mirror of History -- Conclusion -- Religious Art of the Waning Middle Ages. General characteristics -- New emotions : pathos -- New emotions: human tenderness -- New aspects of the saints -- The new symbolism -- Art and human destiny -- Religious Art After the Council of Trent. The relgious controversies and art -- Martyrdom -- Vision and ecstasy -- Death -- The new inconography -- New devotions -- Survivals of the past -- Allegory -- Decor in the churches of the religious orgers -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

0691040001
9780691040004

Subject:

Christian art and symbolism.
Art France History.
Art France Histoire.
Art.
France.
france french

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 18716
Call No.: ID:87-B6007
Status: Available