Painting the Soul is a beautifully illustrated study of the creation and development of the icon. "This book is a firework display. It sets off scores of explosions which light up the sky over-arching our field, terrain that is normally traversed nose down and too mindful of the footsteps of our predecessors."-- Burlington Magazine
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Painting the Soul is a beautifully illustrated study of the creation and development of the icon. "This book is a firework display. It sets off scores of explosions which light up the sky over-arching our field, terrain that is normally traversed nose down and too mindful of the footsteps of our predecessors."-- Burlington Magazine
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8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. 248, illus with coloured plates and b&w photos (previous owner's neat inscription on front inside cover).
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VG-(light foxing to upper block plate, corners bumped) Black wraps with color illustration, white lettering, 248 pp, color and bw illustrations. Icons are among the most elusive subjects in the history of art, but their study is a fast expanding field. Painting the Soul explores both the creation and the development of the icon, and its final transformation into the art of the Renaissance.
