Rosa Giorgi Libri

"Che cosa significa? Chi sono quei personaggi?" Domande che assillano i visitatori delle mostre e dei musei. Un tempo, le opere d'arte "parlavano" anche agli analfabeti, ma oggi, nel moltiplicarsi delle culture e dei riferimenti, il loro linguaggio visivo risulta spesso ostico. Da Agata a Zeno, questo libro presenta le immagini e le caratteristiche di oltre centoventi santi, i più ricorrenti nell'arte sacra, fra storia e leggenda, tradizione e devozione. Ogni santo è introdotto da una pratica scheda di identificazione, note sulla vita e il martirio, e una serie di riferimenti visivi per riconoscere senza indugi i personaggi, le loro vicende, le particolarità della devozione.

This richly illustrated text portrays more than 375 Catholic saints, arranged by the days of the year on which each beatified figure is honoured. Up to three saints have been chosen for each day of the year, with a brief accompanying description of each.

In this richly illustrated volume Rosa Giorgi argues that because much of Western art depicts key events, leaders, and practices in the history of the Christian Church, knowledge of that history is critical to an appreciation of many of our great masterpieces.  Giorgi begins by analyzing artistic representations of liturgical objects, including altars, crosses, and censers, and follows with an examination of the duties and vestments of the variety of clerics, ranging from minor clerks to the pope. Both the rituals of the monastic life and worshippers’ devotional practices are well documented in paintings depicting prayer, communal meals, funeral rites, religious processions, and cult practices. The author next turns to artworks that capture important episodes from the Church’s history, including crusades and pilgrimages, the Inquisition and the Reformation, and power struggles between popes and secular rulers. Giorgi ends with an analysis of the lives and portraits of the notable leaders who contributed to this fascinating history, from Peter and Paul to Thomas More to Pope Paul VI .

Analyzing artists' representations of angels and demons and heaven and hell from the Judeo-Christian tradition, this volume describes how they evolved over time. Divided into chapters, it looks at these images, and how they came to be portrayed with the physical attributes - wings, halos, horns, and cloven hooves.

This generously illustrated volume on the work of Diego Velazquez makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation.

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