Jesus and the Emergence of a Catholic Imagination: An Illustrated Journey

by John Pfordresher

Catholics have always expressed their faith through art, whether in painting, sculpture, music, poetry, literature, or-in modern times-film. And yet much of the discussion of Catholic art in universities, museums, and public lectures ignores the essential dimension of religious belief. Michelangelo, for example, is studied as a Florentine, a political discontent, a Renaissance luminary, even as a businessman, but the personal faith that suffuses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809144530
• ISBN13: 9780809144532
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"