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
Gertens,
Carol. Carol Gerten's Fine
Art.
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
Roberts,
Michelle. Middle
Ages, Medieval and Renaissance Art and Architecture.
Stones,
Alison. Images
of Medieval Art and Architecture.
The
Text This Week.
Web
Gallery of Art.
Weiner, Mia. Old Master
Drawings and
Sketches.
Christus
Rex
Bibliothèque
Nationale de France
“A
Danish Gospel: Frescoes in Danish Churches,” Folkekirken: The
Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Denmark
The
Picasso Conspiracy
E.
G. Buhrle Sammlung
Catholic
Online
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