Sketches of the History of Christian Art

Name: Sketches of the History of Christian Art
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ISBN: 9781108051965

ISBN-10: 1108051960

ISBN-13: 9781108051965

Edition: 2012

Authors: Alexander William Crawford Lindsay

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Alexander Lindsay (1812-80) was the head of an aristocratic family who owned vast coalfields in Lancashire, generating enormous wealth. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he spent the majority of his time travelling in Italy, collecting, and writing on a variety of subjects, including art, the Indo-Aryan race and the Etruscans. This important work, published in three volumes in 1847, surveys Christian painting and sculpture. Addressing Romance literature of the Middle Ages, iconography and legends of the saints, the book's historical narrative is infused with the author's strong moral approach to the subject. Volume 2 covers Gothic architecture; the art of the Lombards; Pisano…

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/28/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 0.83" wide x 8.50" long x 5.51" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Architecture



Lombard and Gothic architecture



Sculpture of the Lombards, etc. 3. Niccola Pisano and his school



Giotto and his school