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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Fernando Lanzi , Gioia Lanzi , Matthew J. O�ConnellPublisher: Liturgical Press Imprint: Liturgical Press Dimensions: Width: 23.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 29.80cm Weight: 1.746kg ISBN: 9780814629703ISBN 10: 0814629709 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 01 September 2004 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsFor its comprehensiveness, attractiveness, and usefulness as a reference, this work is patently a leading work in its field.The Midwest Book Review Saints and Their Symbols will make for a lovely coffee table book and should appeal to all who are interested in the lives and legacies of the treasures of heaven.Catholic Studies Saints and Their Symbols: Recognizing Saints in Art and in Popular Images is a wonderful resource for images and historical information.National Catholic Reporter This excellent oversized book gives us the keys to recognizing saints in art by noticing their symbols and the attributes that identify them.Catholic Library World The art reproductions are excellent, and the indexes by names and by key words are helpful. There is much to ponder here about the incarnational faith that we share with marvelous people all through the centuries.Review for Religious A wonderful feature of this book, unlike others out there, is that the authors usually explain the reasons for a particular saint's job as patron through delightfully trivial facts.Pastoral Music It will be a useful addition to art collections.CHOICE In elaborate paintings, sketches, illustrations, photographs and detailed, interpretive texts, this oversized and brilliantly colorful book is not just a feast for the eyes but nourishment for mind and heart as well. The authors are experts in their field and the commentaries are addressed to our own times. Mindful that Christian faith includes the communion of saints, as the creed attests, those who gaze in wonder at the book's contents may well find themselves stimulated to more generous service in their daily lives.Prairie Messenger A wonderful feature of this book, unlike others out there, is that the authors usually explain the reasons for a particular saint's job as patron through delightfully trivial facts.Pastoral Music It will be a useful addition to art collections.CHOICE In elaborate paintings, sketches, illustrations, photographs and detailed, interpretive texts, this oversized and brilliantly colorful book is not just a feast for the eyes but nourishment for mind and heart as well. The authors are experts in their field and the commentaries are addressed to our own times. Mindful that Christian faith includes the communion of saints, as the creed attests, those who gaze in wonder at the book's contents may well find themselves stimulated to more generous service in their daily lives.Prairie Messenger Author InformationFernando Lanzi and Gioia M.G. Lanzi are founders and directors of the Centro Studi Per La Cultura Popolare, a cultural association that studies and researches the expression of the sacred and the Christian faith. Fernando is a member of the Commission on Sacred Art and the Institute for the History of the Church of the Diocese of Bologna and Gioia is a professor of Sacred Art at the Phylosophical Dominican Stadium in Bologna. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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