The decorative arts of the Christian Church / edited by Gervis Frere-Cook
London : Cassell, 1972. First Edition. Near fine gilt-blocked, decorated cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #410122
ISBN: 0304936553
Physical description; vii, 296 pages chiefly illustrations (some colour), facsimiles (some colour), colour map, portraits (some colour) ; 32 cm. Contents; Prelude : The art of the Jews / Joseph Gutmann -- The first portrayal / Joan Morris -- Monastery and cathedral / E.R. Chamberlin -- The Eastern Orthodox Church / John Innes -- Rome and the renaissance / J. Holland-Smith -- England after the reformation / Eric R. Delderfield -- North of the Baltic / Peter Cannon-Brookes -- Revival in Russia / Michael Bourdeaux -- The church in North America / Robert Sefton -- The church in South America / Cottie A. Burland -- Mission in Africa / Margaret Hubbard -- India and the far east / John F. Butler -- The islands and Australasia / Margaret Haines -- The twentieth century / Gervis Frere-Cook. Subjects; Church decoration and ornament. Christian art and symbolism. Church, Art. Visual arts Special subjects Christianity.
Price: €21.00