Religious 5

After staying in Milan for his apprenticeship, Michelangelo da Caravaggio arrived in Rome in 1592. There he started to paint with both realism and psychological analysis of the sitters. Caravaggio w……続きを見る

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Florence, 1445 – 1510) Botticelli était le fils d'un citoyen jouissant d'une situation confortable, et avait été «instruit dans toutes les choses ……続きを見る

Seit Grabdenkmäler auf den Gräbern errichtet wurden, hat die Vorstellung vom Tod und vom Leben nach dem Tod einen wichtigen Stellenwert in der Kunstwelt erlangt. Der Tod, eine unbegrenzte Inspiratio……続きを見る

Hieronymus Bosch (S’Hertogenbosch, 1450 – 1516) Né au milieu du XVe siècle, Jérôme Bosch fait l'expérience d'un monde pris dans les luttes religieuses, où les valeurs médiévales traditionnelles comm……続きを見る

Lang vor der Erfindung von neuen, mit exotischen Monstern gespickten Medien wie Comics und Computerspielen zeigte der niederländische Maler Hieronymus Bosch in seinen Gemälden, oft mit einer Prise H……続きを見る

« C’est le Diable qui tient les fils qui nous remuent ! » (Charles Beaudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal, 1857) Satan, Belzébuth, Lucifer… Le Diable possède de multiples noms et visages qui, toujours, fure……続きを見る

“The Devil holds the strings which move us!” (Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil, 1857.) Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer… the Devil has many names and faces, all of which have always served artists a……続きを見る

Das Königreich von Champa deckte um 500 n. Chr. einen weiten Teil des heutigen Vietnam ab. In der Umgebung von Nha Trang findet man heute noch einige wundersame Spuren davon. Die Champa-Bildhauerei ……続きを見る

This early work by Aleister Crowley was originally published in 1910. Born in Royal Leamington Spa, England in 1875, Crowley was raised by Christian fundamentalist parents. He attended Trinity Colle……続きを見る

This early work by Aleister Crowley was originally published in 1898. Born in Royal Leamington Spa, England in 1875, Crowley was raised by Christian fundamentalist parents. He attended Trinity Colle……続きを見る

The bone gatherers found in the annals and legends of the early Roman Catholic Church were women who collected the bodies of martyred saints to give them a proper burial. They have come down to us a……続きを見る

Les premiers chrétiens avaient-ils des images ; étaient-ils aniconiques, n’ayant pas d’images ? Étaient-ils opposés aux images ; étaient-ils iconophobes, les considérant comme des idoles ? Selon ceu……続きを見る

This book is a collection of studies on the general theme of Orthodox icons. 1) As the title of the book indicates, the first article deals with the similarity between religious images of the Romane……続きを見る

Heroes of the Icon is a book about people, events and ideas related to the phenomenon called the Orthodox icon. 1) The first of the chapters deals with the three decisive points in history which for……続きを見る

Les images chrétiennes sont à la mode. Les livres qui en traitent sont nombreux : études archéologiques, recherches sur l’histoire de l’art, analyses théologiques, confrontation entre différents cou……続きを見る

St. Epiphanius of Salamis lived in Cyprus during the 4th century. He is a Father of the Church known for his determined fight against heresy. And yet, five texts denouncing any use of images have be……続きを見る

Saint Épiphane de Salamine vécut à Chypre au IVe siècle. Père de l'Église connu pour son combat acharné contre l'hérésie, on lui attribue pourtant cinq textes dénonçant le recours aux images. Ces éc……続きを見る

Ce recueil de textes est le fruit d’une longue période de recherche qui a commencé avec la lecture du livre de Léonide Ouspensky, La Théologie de l’icône dans l’Église orthodoxe. L’auteur cite et co……続きを見る

This book aims at combating the Hostility Theory which claims that the Christians in the pagan Roman Empire had no images and rejected them as idolatrous. Did the early Christians, during the first ……続きを見る

Y a-t-il un lien entre les images romanes du Christ et les icônes orthodoxes ? Les études sur l'art roman, d'un côté, et les icônes, de l'autre, sont légion. Mais où sont les livres qui comparent le……続きを見る

The medieval wall paintings that remain in English churches are for the most part shadows of their former selves – the rare fragments of this beautiful art to have survived not only the Reformation ……続きを見る

Pour apprécier l'icône orthodoxe, il faut comprendre plusieurs éléments à la fois : l'histoire, la théologie, l'objet d'art, les artistes. D'abord, l'histoire : l'iconographie s'est développée à tra……続きを見る

Art that dares to show Jesus as gay or female has been censored or destroyed. Now for the first time these beautiful, liberating, sometimes shocking images are gathered for all to see. Packed with f……続きを見る

Najat Ozkaya was born in Konya, Turkey, in the 14th century CE. His father was a Sufi teacher, and Najat assumed his mantle upon his death. Najat's poetry is similar to the Sufi poetry of Rumi or Ha……続きを見る

This book presents a series of essays for edification, discussion, comment and even disagreement. The exposition on the theme of God the Father in iconography returns to the roots of Orthodox iconog……続きを見る

Drawing on history, art history, literary criticism and theory, gender studies, theology and psychoanalysis, this interdisciplinary study analyzes the cultural significance of the Shrine of our Lady……続きを見る

Disciplinary Measures from the Metrical Psalms to Milton studies the relationship between English poetry and church discipline in four carefully chosen bodies of poetry written between the Reformati……続きを見る

Echnaton ist der rätselhafteste ägyptische Pharao. Im 14. Jahrhundert v. Chr. verordnete er seinen Untertanen einen monotheistischen Glauben, revolutionierte das Weltbild und baute eine glänzende Re……続きを見る

In eighteenth-century literature, negative representations of Catholic nuns and convents were pervasive. Yet, during the politico-religious crises initiated by the French Revolution, a striking lite……続きを見る

Bernini and Pallavicino, the artist and the Jesuit cardinal, are closely related figures at the papal courts of Urban VIII and Alexander VII, at which Bernini was the principal artist. The analysis ……続きを見る