Time in the History of Art: Temporality, Chronology and Anachrony (Studies in Art Historiography)

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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 presenceof the Holy. In this magisterial book, Hans Belting traces the longhistory of the sacral image and its changing role in European culture.
looks at the beliefs, superstitions, hopes,and fears that come into play as people handle and respond to sacred
images, and presents a compelling interpretation of the place of theimage in Western history.
“A rarity within its genre〞an art-historical analysis of iconographywhich is itself iconoclastic. . . . One of the most intellectuallyexciting and historically grounded interpretations of Christianiconography.” 〞Graham Howes,
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offers the best source to survey the facts ofwhat European Christians put in their churches. . . . An impressivelydetailed contextual analysis of medieval objects.” 〞Robin Cormack,
“I cannot begin to describe the richness or the imaginative grandeur ofHans Belting’s book. . . . It is a work that anyone interested in art,or in the history of thought about art, should regard as urgent reading.It is a tremendous achievement.”〞Arthur C. Danto,