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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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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/01/1997
      ISBN13: 9780226042152, 978-0226042152
      ISBN10: 0226042154
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      Religious and ceremonial arts Cultural studies

      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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