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Before the Renaissance and Reformation, holy images were treated not as "art" but as objects of veneration which possessed the tangible presence of the "Holy", Hans Belting traces in this volume the long history of the sacral image and its changing role in European culture.

Likeness and Presence

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    A Paperback / softback by Hans Belting, Edmund Jephcott

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      Published 15 January 1997
      ISBN-13 9780226042152
      978-0226042152
      ISBN-10 0226042154

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Before the Renaissance and Reformation, holy images were treated not as "art" but as objects of veneration which possessed the tangible presence of the "Holy", Hans Belting traces in this volume the long history of the sacral image and its changing role in European culture.

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