Likeness and Presence: A History of the Image Before the Era of Art

by Hans Belting

Book Overview

Before the Renaissance and Reformation, holy images were treated not as "art" but as objects of veneration which possessed the tangible presence of the Holy. In this magisterial book, Hans Belting traces the long history of the sacral image and its changing role in European culture.
Likeness and Presence looks at the beliefs, superstitions, hopes, and fears that come into play as people handle and respond to sacred
images, and presents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226042154
• ISBN13: 9780226042152
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 676 Pages
• Weight: 2.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"