Over the centuries, artists have sought to match the vividness, grandeur, and humanity of the Old Testament stories, creating a treasury of images for future generations. This collection of one hundred masterpieces draws together some of the most celebrated and resonant of these paintings. From Rembrandt's blending of the divine and the human in Jacob's Blessing to the drama of Tintoretto's Moses Striking the Rock, these works allow the reader to become immersed in the grand and universal themes of one of civilization's oldest narratives. Accompanying each painting is a concise retelling of the Old Testament story that inspired the work. Many of the images are also supported by a brief commentary on how the episode is traditionally depicted, offering an introduction to the understanding and interpretation of biblical art. In combining images with accessible commentaries, The Old Testament Through 100 Masterpieces of Art provides a resource for students, museum visitors, and anyone interested in the relationship between art and religion in Western culture.

The Old Testament Through 100 Masterpieces of Art

Arts & Photography

Régis Debray

Religious

Merrell Publishers

The New Testament has been a source of profound inspiration for artists since the Church was first established, and over the centuries their images have developed into a rich and enduring tradition. This collection draws together some of the most celebrated and resonant of these images, from jewel-like fourteenth-century miniatures to the contemplative calm of masterpieces by Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and the dramatic scenes of Eugene Delacroix and Thomas Cole. These works, which demonstrate an apparently infinite variety of interpretation, allow the reader to become immersed in the marvels of the New Testament, and to discover, or rediscover, the strength and beauty of one of the spiritual and cultural foundations of Western civilization. Accompanying each painting is a concise retelling of the New Testament story that inspired the work. Many of the images are also supported by a brief commentary on how the episode is traditionally depicted, offering an introduction to the understanding and interpretation of biblical art. In combining images with accessible commentaries, The New Testament Through 100 Masterpieces of Art provides a resource for students, museum visitors, and anyone interested in the relationship between art and religion in Western culture.

The New Testament: Through 100 Masterpieces of Art

In Search of Venice is a collection of extraordinary responses to a city that leaves no one indifferent.
Both Paul Morand's memoir of a remarkable life that always returned there and Petr Král's heartfelt appreciation are lyrical, profound, and evocative. Henry James' letters composed by the Grand Canal provide a beautiful and personal insight into both the city and the great writer. In Arthur Schnitzler's moving novella, the ageing Casanova longs for Venice and for his lost youth. And Régis Debray provides a boisterous antidote to the amour fou that so often afflicts its visitors, not least its writers.
And included here for the first time in English, Antal Szerb's Journey to Venice is an account of the unique and brilliant writer's final visit to the place that enchanted him as powerfully as it ever has anyone: the visit that would result in his masterwork Journey by Moonlight.

In Search of Venice (Pushkin Collection)

Literature & Fiction

Henry, James

ARTHUR SCHNITZLER

Paul Morand

Antal Szerb

Petr Kral

Humor & Satire

Pushkin Press

Dans ce qu'il a appelé "l'examen de conscience d'un républicain", Régis Debray dévoile sans crainte les non-dits de la République : la passion, la guerre, la patrie. Ceux que les discours pieux refoulent pudiquement. Or, que peut le code sans le glaive ? Et le droit sans l'amour ? Voilà qui remet l'Euroland à sa place, modeste, trés modeste....

Le Code et le Glaive: Apres l'Europe, la nation? (English and French Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

A. Michel

De Gaulle, portraits

Jean Daniel

Jean-François Revel

Michel Cazenave

Jean-Pierre Rioux

Jean Mauriac

Georges Izard

Gaston Bonheur

OMNIBUS

Le pouvoir intellectuel en France (French Edition)

Ramsay

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