Set in Stone
The Face in Medieval Culture
Art
Charles T Little
Yale University Press 2007
Hardback 222 pages Illustrated 289x222mm
0300117817 | 9780300117813 |  Product code: 69898  
For people in the Middle Ages, the soul resided in the human head. Many of the 81 sculptures in this beautiful volume once looked down from churches and cathedrals, but were ripped from their context during the religious and political upheavals that convulsed Europe. From the beatific visages of saints and apostles and the noble profiles of kings and empresses to the grotesque fantasies of gargoyles and demons, they offer an unparalleled glimpse into the innermost beliefs of the age.
 
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