How to recognize the saints.
Hazan| N° d'inventaire | 22311 |
| Format | 13.5 x 20 |
| Détails | 383 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2017 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782754110013 |
"What does it mean? Who are these characters?" These questions haunt visitors to exhibitions and museums. Today, with the development of cultures and the multiplication of references, the visual language of works of art is often opaque and off-putting: it is not uncommon to "understand" an abstract painting more than an altarpiece predella with a half-naked young man pierced by arrows (Saint Sebastian), a beautiful young girl holding a wheel in her hand, or another presenting her eyes on a platter (Saint Lucy). This book reproduces the image and defines the characteristics of more than one hundred and twenty saints, the most frequently depicted in sacred art, between history and legend, tradition and devotion. A practical identification sheet, illustrated with carefully chosen remarkable works, presents each saint, his life and his martyrdom, indicates, with his attributes (palm, grill, wheel, etc.) the visual references useful for recognizing without hesitation characters and episodes of his history, and lists the characteristics of the cult of which he is the object.
"What does it mean? Who are these characters?" These questions haunt visitors to exhibitions and museums. Today, with the development of cultures and the multiplication of references, the visual language of works of art is often opaque and off-putting: it is not uncommon to "understand" an abstract painting more than an altarpiece predella with a half-naked young man pierced by arrows (Saint Sebastian), a beautiful young girl holding a wheel in her hand, or another presenting her eyes on a platter (Saint Lucy). This book reproduces the image and defines the characteristics of more than one hundred and twenty saints, the most frequently depicted in sacred art, between history and legend, tradition and devotion. A practical identification sheet, illustrated with carefully chosen remarkable works, presents each saint, his life and his martyrdom, indicates, with his attributes (palm, grill, wheel, etc.) the visual references useful for recognizing without hesitation characters and episodes of his history, and lists the characteristics of the cult of which he is the object.