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Transformations in Persons and Paint: Visual Theology, Historical Images, and the Modern Viewer

Contributor(s): Reddaway, Chloe (Author)

ISBN: 9782503565545

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

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Pub Date: February 4, 2016

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 11.20" L x 8.80" W ( 3.45 lbs) 299 pages

Series: Arts and the Sacred

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Description: How can pictures help people to relate to God, and what can historical Christian images offer the viewer today? A compelling theological encounter between Renaissance frescoes and the modern viewer. Transformations in Persons and Paint looks at images from the viewer's position, standing in a series of Florentine chapels, surrounded

Brief description: Dr Chloe Reddaway is the Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion at the National Gallery, London, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the centre for Arts and the Sacred at King's College London. She was previously a Research Associate in the Divinity Faculty in Cambridge. Chloe is a regular contributor to Art and Christianity Enquiry and teaches for various theological colleges in the UK.

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