MISSION
The
purpose of this
site is to support the study of Christian iconography
at the beginner's
level. Please
note
that this mission
is of an academic, not religious, nature. The
web space belongs
to Augusta
State
University, and there is no connection whatever
with any
religious
organization.
METHOD
The
site
is by no
means finished. Construction will continue
through the next
several
years. However, with thousands of images and
dozens of texts, it
may be able to serve your purposes adequately.
If not, please do
come back again at a later time.
RECOMMENDED
READING
Duchet-Suchaux,
Gaston, and Michel Pastoureau, The Bible and the
Saints.
Flammarion,
1994.
Merback,
Mitchell B, The Thief, The Cross, and the Wheel.
University
of
Chicago Press, 1999.
Stiver,
Stanley
L. and David J. Stiver. Cross
and Crucifix
Voragine,
Jacobus
de, The Golden Legend. Tr. William
Granger Ryan.
Princeton
University Press, 1993.
Weitzmann, The Age of Spirituality.
New York:
Metropolitan
Museum of Art, 1980.
Wilson,
Ralph
W. Earky
Christian
Symbols
Stouck,
Medieval Saints: A Reader. Peterborough,
Ontario: Broadview
Press, 1999
--
I
also recommend
study of the many early texts provided by the Christian
Classics Ethereal Library.
LINKS TO SOME
OF THE
SOURCES
USED BY THIS
SITE
Istituto
Salesiano San Callisto, Roma. The
Christian Catacombs of Rome
Labyrinth,
the Georgetown University website of medieval
studies
The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
MNMA
(Cluny Museum, Paris)
National
Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
New
Zealand Marist Web Site.
Olga's
Gallery
The
Text This Week.
Web
Gallery
of Art.
Weiner, Mia. Old
Master
Drawings and
Sketches.
Santos
in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches
Bibliothèque
Nationale de France
The
Picasso Conspiracy
Catholic
Online
This website
neither makes
nor addresses any representation or claim with respect
to any rights of
any person in any image or anything else.
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