The many faces of Christ : portraying the Holy in the East and West, 300 to 1300 /
Thanks to current portrayals of Jesus of Nazareth, we are apt to think of him as having long hair and a short beard. But, the holy scriptures do not describe Christ's physiognomy, and his representations are inconsistent in early Christian and medieval arts. How did this long-haired archetype c...
| Основен автор: | Bacci, Michele. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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London :
Reaktion Books,
2014.
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Съдържание:
- Part 1. The Myth of the Archetypal Image: Lifetime Portraits in Asia
- Christian Acheiropoieta and the Authentic Portraits of Christ and the Virgin Mary
- Mythic and Material Images
- Material Indicators of Holy Persons' Earthly Presence
- The Exercise of Sight and the Art of Body Inspection
- Figurative and Written Records of the Holy Men's Physical Characteristics
- Part 2. The Looks and Locks of Jesus of Nazareth: Christ's Controversial Visibility
- Handsome or Ugly?
- Conflicting Hairstyles
- Christ's 'Identikit'
- The Colour of Christ's Skin
- Disputations on Curly and Woolly Hair
- Hair and Priestly Fashion
- Christ's Long Hair and St. Paul's Baldness.