Religious Art: From the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century

New York: Noonday Press, 1958. 208 pages, [48] pages of plates, 48 illustrations; 21 cm. N124. Translation of L'art religieux du XIIe au XVIIIe siecle. Tight, clean copy. Expected browning. CONTENTS: RELIGIOUS ART FROM THE TWELFTH CENTURY. Origins; The influence of liturgical 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 FROM THE THIRTEENTH 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 religious controversies and art; Martyrdom; Vision and ecstasy; Death; The new iconography; New devotions; Survivals of the past; Allegory; Decor in the churches of the religious orders; Conclusion. . Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.