Saints and their Symbols: Recognizing Saints in Art and in Popular Images
By Unknown Author.
Description
Christian saints, in both the East and in the West, have historically been associated with particular accoutrements or "attributes" by which they are identified. Through such associations, these saints come to life in visual imagery and iconography, in statuary, and in the popular imagination. In the course of time, however, such attributes have become dimmed in the minds of many. Saints and Their Symbols: Recognizing Saints in art and in Popular Images revivifies these saintly attributes and enhances foremost in the minds of its readers the associations built up by tradition.For ...
ISBN(s)
0814629709, 9780814629703
