Paperback • 1996 • English

Likeness and presence: a history of the image before the era of art

Name: Likeness and presence
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ISBN: 9780226042152

By Hans Belting

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"Before the Renaissance and Reformation, holy images - the only independent images then in existence - were treated not as 'art' but as objects of veneration. The faithful believed that these images, through their likeness to the person represented, became a tangible presence of the Holy and were able to work miracles, deliver oracles, and bring victory on the battlefield. In this magisterial book, one of the world's leading scholars of medieval art traces the long history of the image and its c...Show more

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ISBN

9780226042152

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

Likeness and presence

Format

Paperback

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