Designed as a comprehensive supplement but also appropriate as a stand-alone brief reference, this handbook defines the most common terms used in discussing the history of visual arts, relating them to specific illustrated works. Features up-to-date chronology of artists; Basic art elements, terms, processes, media, and principles; Expanded dictionary of terms; Non-Christian iconography; Christian subjects and their iconography—in chronological order: devotional; narrative subjects—The Fall of Man, The Incarnation, The Public Ministry of Christ, The Passion, The Mission of the Apostles and the Second Coming, Old Testament Prefigurations of New Testament Events. For those interested in art.
- Publisher : Pearson College Div; Subsequent edition (December 1, 2000)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 227 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0130197289
- ISBN-13 : 978-0130197283
- Item Weight : 450 g
- Dimensions : 15 cm x 23 cm x 1.2 cm
