Religious and ceremonial arts Books
Dr Ludwig Reichert Riemenschneider - Detwanger Altar
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£18.00
Dr Ludwig Reichert Bildlichkeit Und Bildorte Von Liturgie:
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£57.00
Reichert Verlag The Apse, the Image and the Icon: An Historical
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£42.75
Arnoldsche Mandala – In Search of Enlightenment: Sacred
Book SynopsisHailing from the cultural realm of India, the mandala signifies in its original sense a sacred circle. It serves as a meditation aid and at the same time reflects an ancient symbolism of strictly geometric basic forms accompanied by an interpretation of its sacred content. As an expression of the awareness of higher affinities, the symmetrically arranged geometry can be found in a variety of pictorial works and the architecture of various epochs and cultural realms, for example in medieval book illumination, the floor plan of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, in Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square, or in various objects of the indigenous peoples of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. Based on these and other masterpieces from renowned museums and private collections and illustrated in fascinating photographs of unique buildings and rituals, this publication offers an impressive first analysis of the phenomenon of sacred geometry in art and architecture and their underlying ideologies.
£48.00
Librum Publishers & Editors LLC The Gilded Buddha: The Traditional Art of the
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£89.30
Museum Rietberg, Switzerland Temple of Devi-Kothi
Book SynopsisAccording to a 1754 inscription, the ruling Rajah Umed Singh of Chamba commissioned this extraordinarily ornate wooden temple, and two artists, Gurdev and Jhanda, carried out the work. Despite the difficulty of gaining access to the shrine, 2,300m above sea level, the quality of these highly regarded reliefs is unique - nothing comparable in Chamba managed to withstand the fires and wars at the end of the 18th century. This book thoroughly publicises this important Hindu dtructure for the first time. << 248 illustrations
£61.42
Museum Rietberg, Switzerland Before and Beyond the Image: Aniconic Symbolism
Book SynopsisFirst published a quarter of a century ago, Dietrich Seckel's essay remains a vital contribution to a much-debated feature of Buddhist art, its aniconism, its aversion to depicting spiritual entities of the very highest order. Unlike Judaism, early Christianity, and Islam, the Buddhist faith has not condemned the representation of holy beings or living creatures. Nonethless it believes that its most crucial spiritual insights lie beyond the power of human imagination to describe or depict. << 95 illustrations
£35.79
Dr Ludwig Reichert Visionserwartung: Visualisierung Und
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£139.65
Dr Ludwig Reichert Das Wort Im Bild: Untersuchung Zu Den
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£210.90
Galda Verlag Master – An Ainu Story
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£36.00
Shogakukan Inc. Buddhist Statuary Second Edition Bilingual Guide
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£24.89
Koc University Press Glazed Wares as Cultural Agents in the Byzantine,
Book SynopsisThis volume collects research presented at the Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) 2018 international annual symposium. It brings together researchers engaged in the study of the decoration and technology of glazed pottery, ranging from the early Byzantine era to the end of the Ottoman period. Topics explored include pottery production in Constantinople, glazed ceramic production and consumption in medieval Thebes, pottery imports in Algiers during the Turkish Regency, considerations of trading routes and their influences, the relationships between Italy and the Byzantine and Ottoman world through pottery, and more. Table of ContentsNikos Kontogiannis and Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan - IntroductionFiliz Yenisehirlioglu - Moments of Change, Actors and InterpretationYona Waksman - Pottery Production in Constantinople, Istanbul: Recent Excavations and New Issues Regarding the Diffusion of Wares, Styles, and TechniquesNatalia Poulou - Polychrome Ware: The Long Journey of Decorative MotifsMuradiye Öztaskin - Production of Glazed Wares and Their Identity from the Byzantine to Ottoman Periods in AphrodisiasFotini Kondyli - Between Tradition and Experimentation: Glazed Ceramic Production and Consumption in Medieval ThebesJacques Burlot - Cultural, Technological, and Economic Changes in Western Anatolia: Observing the Byzantine-Ottoman Transition (13th–15th Centuries) Through the Spectrum of Glazed TablewaresEva Strothenke - Glazed Pottery of the East in the Doliche Monastery: Considerations on Trading Routes and Their Limits Between the Cilician Taurus and the TigrisGülsu Simsek - On-site XRF Analysis of "Iznik" Tiles at Edirne MosquesLucile Martinet - Colored Glazed Tiles During the Ottoman EraEdna J. Stern - Caught Between Two Worlds: Levantine Alkaline Glazed WareMelanie Gibson -The China Syndrome: A Study of the Origin and Forms of Hatayi Elements in Ottoman Blue-and-White Ceramics, circa 1480–1540Rosalind A. Wade Haddon - ‘Kubachi’ Influences on Iznik Vessels: A Discussion on Dealer Derived Sets of Tiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonSauro Gelichi - Three Stories in the Medieval and Modern Mediterranean Area: the Relationships Between Italy and the Byzantine/Ottoman World Through PotteryHatice Adigüzel - From Inspiration to Imitation: The Ottoman Impact on Italian Pottery ProductionVéronique François - Ottoman Consumption and Transmediterranean Trade: The Pottery Imports in Algiers at the Time of the Turkish Regency (1518–1830)Gülgün Yilmaz - New Inspirations of Kütahya Tiles in the 18th Century
£45.60
Kapon Editions Mycenae (Greek language edition): A Journey in
Book SynopsisMycenae, in the north-eastern corner of the plain of Argos in Greece, built atop a natural stronghold, became the preeminent centre of the advanced culture that dominated mainland Greece from the C16th BC to the C12th BC, the Mycenaean civilization. This new book, lavishly illustrated in full colour throughout, offers a full picture of the archaeological site of Mycenae and its local museum, and describes the basic cultural expressions of the Mycenaean world. Concise texts, colour pictures and original photographic compositions highlight the imposing walls and buildings of the acropolis, the tombs of the Mycenaean rulers, and the museum exhibits, all of which represent various aspects of life and death in the Mycenaean world. Items described and illustrated range from wall-paintings, vases and idols to weapons and precious works of art in gold and ivory. In addition, the book offers an overview of Mycenae through the centuries, beyond Prehistory, until modern times and the excavations at the site. The presentation of the exhibits in the book follows the arrangement of the museum at Mycenae. At the same time, the reader will have the opportunity of an overall view of the achievements of the Mycenaean era, not only of those housed in the Mycenae Museum, but also of all those that vividly reflect the wealth and splendour of this culture. Colour illustrations throughout Greek language edition (an English language edition, ISBN 9786185209636, is also available from the same publisher)
£16.62
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Tomáš Špidlík: A Theological Life
Book SynopsisTomáš Špidlík: A Theological Life offers one of the first comprehensive reflections on the life and work of the enigmatic Czech theologian. In part one, Karel Sládek explores Špidlík’s thoughts on family, the formation of Jesuit priests, the ecumenical mission of the monastery at Velehrad in Moravia (where Špidlík himself studied), and the wisdom he acquired during stays in Rome. The latter part of the book focuses on Špidlík’s spiritual theology, which was grounded in a synthesis of Eastern and Western Christianity. Here, the book explores subjects such as the Holy Spirit, the Eucharist as a source of spiritual life, and the influence of the Philokalia on Eastern spirituality. By the conclusion, we see Špidlík’s most mature ideas and his forming of a theology of beauty; Špidlík spent his final years in Rome, living and working at the Centro Aletti’s renowned art studio, where he put his mind to observing the theology of art for an understanding of music, film, literature, and iconography.Table of Contents1. A theological interpretation of the life and work of Tomáš Špidlík1.1 The family, and spiritual sonhood and fatherhood1.2 The theologian with the ‘spirit of Velehrad’1.3 The sources of Špidlík’s wisdom2. A synthesis of the spiritual theology of the Christian East and West2.1 The Holy Spirit and the spiritual life2.2 The Eucharist as the primary source of spiritual life2.3 The influence of the Philokalia on Špidlík’s spiritual theology3. Špidlík on art: A theological last will and testament3.1 Mysticism and the theology of beauty3.2 Czech art and the theology of anamnesis3.3 A spiritual-theological interpretation of the films of Andrei Tarkovsky Bibliography
£14.06
Vitasta Publishing Devicraft
Book SynopsisWe celebrate women artisans particularly in a bid to preserve our cultural heritages and make it empowering in the days ahead.
£83.12
Motilal Banarsidass, The Hindu Temple: Pt. 1 & 2
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£161.99
Motilal Banarsidass, The Mystery of Art
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£8.99
Abhinav Publications Images of Indian Goddesses
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£53.99
Roli Books Pvt Ltd Islamic Art The Past and Modern
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£8.01
Aditya Prakashan Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography
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£52.50
Sandeep Prakashan Material Culture of Sanchi
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£33.75
Mapin Publishing Pvt.Ltd The Imperial Image Paintings for the Mughal Court
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£41.40
Archeobooks Studies on Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Art,
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£23.00
Archeobooks La Crucifixion Sans Crucifie Dans l'Art Ethiopien
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£78.85
TRIUNFOS DE SAN RAFAEL LOS
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£22.08
Almuzara La Semana Santa Antigua de Sevilla
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£31.20
Aarhus University Press Works of Light
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£26.25
Museum Tusculanum Press Liturgy & the Arts in the Middle Ages: Studies in
Book SynopsisThis volume contains a collection of essays in honour of the late Professor of Comparative Literature, C Clifford Flanigan, who died suddenly in 1993 at the age of 52. The scholarship of this book constitutes an example of the interdisciplinary approach to the study of ecclesiastical history which is the aim of the newly established Centre for Christianity and the Arts at the Theological Faculty at the University of Copenhagen.
£40.79
Museum Tusculanum Press Images of Cult and Devotion – Function and
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£38.69
Viella Images of Purgatory: Studies in Religious
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£101.13
Officina Libraria Assembly of the Exalted: The Tibetan Shrine Room
Book SynopsisAssembly of the Exalted presents some 50 pieces from the remarkable collection of Alice S. Kandell. The works, dating from the late 13th century to the early 20th, include great masterpieces and emblematic examples of Tibetan Buddhist art. They are all presented here as the constituents of a Tibetan Buddhist shrine. Shrines, both modest and grand, are the primary sites of Tibetan Buddhist practice, whether it be reciting scriptures, performing rituals, saying prayers, or engaging in meditation. The introductory essays thus focus on the Tibetan Buddhist shrine, describing its evolution over the history of Buddhism, its special role in Tibet, and how the pieces in the Kandell Collection came to be assembled and displayed in shrines at institutions across America. Illustrated with vivid photography, forty short essays, each centered on a single work or set of objects, describe the pieces in terms of their importance for the practice of Buddhism, highlighting the many essential functions of Tibetan Buddhist art within the space of a shrine.
£41.25
Officina Libraria A Cathedral for the 21st Century: An Oral
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£39.99
Edizioni Terra Santa Selected Works from the Collections of the Terra
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£93.10
Viella The Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli
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£18.44
Viella Una 'questione Campana': La Prima Arte
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£82.65
Mimesis International Imagining the Heavens across Eurasia from
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£54.89
Five Continents Editions Allo Kafii Gida: Secret Qur'anic Boards from
Book SynopsisSecrecy is the common feature of the so-called allo kafii gida Qur'anic writing boards used by the Hausa of northern Nigeria. While on the one hand their owners share a barely concealed reluctance to reveal the auspicious epigrams decorating these artefacts, on the other they exhibit a clear desire to avoid displaying images of animals and human beings that might cause repercussions in an iconoclastic Islamic context. One need only consider that even today possessing an allo kafii gida incurs severe punishment by the most fervent Moslems, sometimes extending to the death penalty. Every board in this book would have been destroyed by Islamic fundamentalists if it had not somehow been saved at some time in the past. Those who made the decorations embellishing these Qur'anic tablets were not simply illustrators; they were nothing short of troubadours, painting on wooden panels the tales depicting the cosmic connections of the society in which they lived. Over the years, the cosmic ideas of distant foreign lands were incorporated in the Hausas' system of thought and these allo kafii gida have thus turned into cosmological time capsules impressed on wooden panels. In view of this challenging cultural context, the owners of these artworks can be described as 'curators' of these secret boards, which, in spite of serving the Islamic religion, actually record Hausa cosmology. The artefacts adorning the book are truly unique in the field of extra-European art and come from a private collection built over a period of twenty years of painstaking research.
£45.00
Gregorian & Biblical Press Imago Primi Saeculi 1640 E Il Significato
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£35.15
Peeters Publishers Fiction Sacree: Spiritualite Et Esthetique Durant
Book SynopsisLe present volume explore les echanges entre esthetique et spiritualite au premier age moderne. Alors qu'on a eu tendance a etudier ces deux champs independamment ou a les penser dans leur succession chronologique (l'ere de l'image/l'ere de l'art), comme dans leur opposition structurelle et ideologique (discours laic/discours religieux), il s'agit ici d'envisager leur dialogue et leur confrontation a travers differents lieux, parmi lesquels la litterature artistique, la litterature spirituelle, la litterature ekphrastique, l'emblematique, la poetique, la rhetorique...En portant l'attention sur le role de l'inspiration, de la contemplation, de l'imitation, du prodige, du langage, de l'imagination, de l'entendement..., sont mises ainsi en evidence les modalites selon lesquelles les arts et la litterature ont pu s'approprier certains elements du discours theologique relatif a la representation, et comment, en retour, la litterature spirituelle a pu reconnaitre et exploiter sa dimension esthetique en empruntant a la theorie litteraire et artistique.
£78.00
Peeters Publishers The Woman with the Blood Flow (Mark 5:24-34):
Book SynopsisThis publication starts from a particular passage in the New Testament that tells the story of a “woman with an issue of blood.” The gospel relates how the so-called Haemorrhoissa is healed the very moment she touches Christ's garment. This publication forms the first - and so far the only – interdisciplinary study of this particular biblical motif from an exegetical, art-historical and anthropological point of view. Contributing scholars interpret the impact of this biblical miracle on Christian texts, material culture and healing archetypes in the Middle Ages and Early Modernity. The story and its Nachleben in literary commentaries and various iconographies unveil a particular energy in Christendom related to ideas about the female body, the role of textile, and the magical impact of touch. The Woman with the Blood Flow (Mark 5:24-34). Narrative, Iconic and Anthropological Spaces contributes to all research in the humanities concerned with gender, the sensorium, Judeo-Christian attitudes towards blood and taboo, and early Christian material culture in the East and West. Its trajectory ultimately reveals the crucial mystery at the heart of image-making as such. This publication starts from a particular passage in the New Testament that tells the story of a “woman with an issue of blood.” The gospel relates how the so-called Haemorrhoissa is healed the very moment she touches Christ's garment. This publication forms the first - and so far the only – interdisciplinary study of this particular biblical motif from an exegetical, art-historical and anthropological point of view. Contributing scholars interpret the impact of this biblical miracle on Christian texts, material culture and healing archetypes in the Middle Ages and Early Modernity. The story and its Nachleben in literary commentaries and various iconographies unveil a particular energy in Christendom related to ideas about the female body, the role of textile, and the magical impact of touch. The Woman with the Blood Flow (Mark 5:24-34). Narrative, Iconic, and Anthropological Spaces contributes to all research in the humanities concerned with gender, the sensorium, Judeo-Christian attitudes towards blood and taboo, and early Christian material culture in the East and West. Its trajectory ultimately reveals the crucial mystery at the heart of image-making as such.
£98.77
Peeters Publishers From Flow to Face: The Haemorrhoissa Motif (Mark
Book SynopsisThe synoptic Gospels record a remarkable story about an anonymous woman – the `Haemorrhoissa’ in further tradition – suffering from incessant uterine bleeding who, without Jesus’ intention or knowledge, was healed by his power (Mark 5:24b-34parr). The Haemorrhoissa motif had an important place in early Christianity, and from its earliest manifestation as synoptic narrative it developed into a multifarious motif embedded in a variety of contexts. One of its most remarkable developments was its transformation into the Veronica motif, the roots of which thus lie in early Christianity. This historical-anthropological investigation of the early Christian Haemorrhoissa motif hence is driven by two primary research questions. The first: why was the early Christian Haemorrhoissa motif so richly represented and did it develop so multifariously? The second: what did the early Christian constellation of the Haemorrhoissa motif contribute to the genesis of the vera icon and its constitution as image paradigm and, intrinsically linked to this, as anthropological paradigm?
£91.20
Peeters Publishers The Narrow Way to Heaven: Identity and Identities
Book SynopsisIf art mirrors identity, this is particularly the case in the Christian Middle East. At first glance, the imposed minority position of the various communities and inherent feelings of peril are the driving forces behind the development of distinct artistic idioms, but on closer inspection this bias does not entirely do justice to the achievements of past generations. Churches would never have been erected and embellished without the zealous support of individuals and groups who had the means to realize such projects. This two-partite study deals with them and the tangible results of their efforts. The first part is devoted to the considerable Christian material heritage in Egypt, from the Arab conquest in the seventh century to the downfall of the artistic production around the turn of the thirteenth/fourteenth centuries. Coptic monasteries, churches and prayer rooms were decorated according to their final functional use and specific needs, thus expressing a distinct monastic identity. Another influential category was the wealthy elite of lay nobles, in particular high-ranking state officials in the Fatimid and Ayyubid service. They not only instigated the renovation and decoration of urban churches, but were also committed to the refurbishing of the papal churches in Old Cairo. In this matter, specific attention is devoted to the involvement of Byzantine-trained artists in the second half of the thirteenth century. In addition, the churches and works of art of the other communities in Egypt, in particular the Syrian Orthodox, are highlighted. The second part discusses the revival of Christian art in Ottoman Egypt, Palestine, and Syria from the seventeenth century onwards. Beside the re-emergence of traditional elements, European influences are tangible all across the board. This was the result of the increasing contacts between Europe and the Middle East and the successful extension of the influences of the Church of Rome to the Ottoman realm. Finally, the epilogue is devoted to modern oriental Christian art as a means to express the identity of the different communities.
£105.00
Peeters Publishers Pneuma and the Visual Medium in the Middle Ages
Book SynopsisThe focus of these essays is the impact of wind, pneuma, and movement in medieval and early modern iconography on art historical hermeneutics. What can wind, pneuma, and movement tell us about the visual medium as such? Wind joins, flows, links, changes direction – in short, the wind is capricious. In its capriciousness wind embodies a particular hermeneutics of association, of freedom and the unexpected. Is an iconography of this caprice possible? How does one capture in pictorial form a natural phenomenon that envelops and penetrates us, even escapes from our own bodies? The dynamics of wind are after all only indirectly visible: swaying trees, waving grass, fluttering textile. How has wind impregnated the theory of the image? Is it a question of visual pneuma? And is wind in the arts a question of content, or rather a matter of formal affect?
£67.56
Peeters Publishers Revisiting Salome's Dance in Medieval and Early
Book SynopsisMark 6:14-29 and Matthew 14:1-12 recount the death of John the Baptist. Herod had him imprisoned for denouncing as incestuous his marriage to Herodias, the former wife of his brother. During a banquet, Herodias’ daughter dances before Herod, who is so enchanted that he promises her a favor. At her mother’s behest, she asks for the head of John the Baptist. The king honors her request and has the head delivered to her on a plate (in disco), which she gives to her mother. When the disciples of John discover about his death, they bury his headless body. In this essay I revisit the iconographic motif of the dancing girl from an interdisciplinary perspective involving exegesis, gender, anthropology, ritual performance, psycho-energetics, Pathosformeln and paragone.
£43.32
Peeters Publishers Carlo Dolci. A Refreshment
Book SynopsisCarlo Dolci. A Refreshment reevaluates the works of the Florentine painter Carlo Dolci. For art historical authors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the name Dolci was used as a convenient epithet for mocking the sentimental style of the artist’s exclusively religious paintings. A seventeenth century audience, however, could still understand his `sweetness’ as an authentic expression of an old theological concept that went back to the bible itself: the so-called Dulcedo dei, or sweetness of God. This study looks at Dolci’s reception throughout the centuries to show how it came to be that the theologically substantiated aesthetic of sweetness in Dolci’s ÷uvre fell out of favor and into oblivion.
£42.65
Peeters Publishers Decapitation and Sacrifice: Saint John's Head in
Book SynopsisThe anthology Decapitation and Sacrifice is the result of an interdisciplinary project on the phenomenon of the decapitated head of Saint John the Baptist in its exegetical context, in the material culture of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and finally in more recent approaches regarding medium studies. Several specialists and scholars from these fields were invited to share their most recent conclusions, thus contributing to our understanding of one of the most peculiar events, artifacts and phenomena in West: the rise and fall of a male head as subject of martyrdom, devotion and artistic expression. What emerges from these collected essays is a nuanced understanding of the beheading and presentation of Saint John. We begin with the biblical account, already finding multiple layers of exegetical meaning, with a focus on John as a Christ figure. As the narrative is adapted into other textual and visual forms, its symbolism is transformed, deepened, or extended in new ways relating to medieval and early modern spirituality, morality, performance and representation. What John’s disembodied head symbolically embodies shifts as we move from one medium to another, and from one geographic region to another. And, within those broader categories, meaningful distinctions can be made between differences in details such as the presence or absence of a platter, the use of specific terminology, the contents of inscriptions, the characterization of Herodias and her daughter, specifics of stage directions, even the parting of John’s beard and the portrayal of his eyes as open or closed or half-closed – to name but a few. The close analysis of these and other details that the contributors to this volume provide tell us both about the symbolic potential of John’s beheading and about how the textual and visual objects studied here functioned in medieval and early modern communities.
£84.00
Peeters Publishers From Conservation to Interpretation: Studies of
Book SynopsisTechnology and conservation are indispensible to our understanding of the history of religious art. Material and technical aspects of historical art works yield a great deal of information about provenance, and thus reflect the cultural networks that characterized the world that produced them. Furthermore, the imagery and decoration of art works express their religious meanings, while details including reworking and damage may inform us about their use (or disuse) in liturgy and devotion. The Swedish conservator and art historian Peter Tångeberg has shown how the insights and methods of art conservation can make important steps in the history of art (not least religious art). He has brought the wealth of medieval and early modern art works in Scandinavia to a European audience and opened up new discussions – as well as stirring up old ones – on a range of aspects, including the transfer of styles and motifs, materials and technologies across Central and Northern Europe. This volume, which is dedicated to Tångeberg by fifteen friends and colleagues on the occasion of his 75th birthday, reflects much of his long and fruitful professional life. All of the contributions pursue a combined perspective on technical/material issues and contextual (mostly liturgical or devotional) aspects. The art works cover the period from c. 1100 to c. 1800 and all originated in the wide area of Tångeberg’s scholarly activity, especially Scandinavia and large parts of Western and Central Europe.
£99.75
Peeters Publishers About Stains or the Image as Residue
Book SynopsisA stain is the evidence of something that was. It’s a trace. A stain may be something quite ordinary: the ink stain on my index finger; the mark of your fingers on this book. A stain may also be embarrassing: lipstick on a cheek; sweat rings under the arms; a bloody discharge. A stain may be forensically incriminating. A stain may be kept for sentimental reasons. Moreover, every stain has its own particular texture. Texture denotes the consistency of a surface and the sensory, often tactile imprint that is left on it. The stain may be absorbed in the thing that supports it; then again, it may stay on the surface, something separate. Every stain is unique. In this essay the author deals with seven factors that make the stain into a powerful model for rethinking the visual: the stain as prototype and prefiguration, the stain as relic, the stain of Veronica, the stain as a psycho-energetic symptom, the stain as pars pro toto for the womb, the stain and le désir mimétique and finally the stain as an image paradigm of the residue.
£44.97
