Description: "This book analyses various examples of the imaginative semiotisation of the Fall of Man and the Church's semiotic perception of the Divine plan for Redemption. Based on a close reading of primary sources, it analyses the meaning-making inherent in these ideas, which are filtered through and given material representation by the semiotic paradigms of various cultural fields, including philology, verbal arts and science"--
Brief description: Domenico Pietropaolois Professor of Italian Studies and Drama at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Review Quotes:
"A riveting account of the Christian Weltanschauung and an erudite tour de force astride visual and textual argumentation. Pietropaolo regales the reader with a fundamental work for thoroughly understanding the Christian imagination, an important cultural pillar of the West." --Antonio Rossini, Professor of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Windsor, Canada
"The creative interplay of the semiotics of Christian Imagination, Medieval and Renaissance studies is engaging both in creativity and diversity and provides a creative new approach to theological anthropology. An original work informed by rich and diverse primary sources." --Anne Anderson, President Emerita, University of St Michael's College, Toronto, Canada