The Image of Christ (PB)

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Author

Gabriele Finaldi is Director of the National Gallery, he was Deputy Director of the Prado Museum Madrid, and a former Curator at the National Gallery, London.

Contributors

Neil MacGregor is Director of the British Museum, London, and former Director of the National Gallery, London. Susanna Avery-Quash, Xavier Bray, Erika Langmuir and Alexander Sturgis are all present or former members of staff at the National Gallery, London.

Published to accompany the exhibition Seeing Salvation at the National Gallery, London 26 February – 7 May 2000.

Rather than presenting a life of Christ in art, this beautiful book explores the challenges facing artists when representing Jesus – God who became a man. It traces how the image of Christ that we recognize today evolved over two millennia, from the earliest metaphorical symbols of the Shepherd, the Lamb, and the Vine to the emergence of a "true likeness."

The book elegantly describes how artists have conveyed the paradox of Christ's dual nature – human and divine, weak and powerful – in portrayals of his infancy, and it also shows how images of his suffering convey a cosmic, as well as personal, significance. The moments of Christ's life become, through art, archetypes of all human experience: Christ nursed by the Virgin expresses the feelings of love every mother has for her child; Christ mocked is innocence beset by violence.

A reissue of a successful book (first published in 2000), The Image of Christ is an essential volume for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of European art, in which Christian subjects have featured so prominently.

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PRODUCT INFORMATION

Product Code	1018462
ISBN	9781857092929
author	Gabriele Finaldi
colour illustrations	182
format	Paperback
GTIN	9781857092929
pages	224
published	Feb 2000 (new edn Jun 2011)
publisher	National Gallery Company
Dimensions	250 X 250 mm

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