| The Madonna in Art (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Hurll, Estelle M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1406568163 ISBN-13: 9781406568165 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $11.04 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Estelle May Hurll (1863-1924) was the author of The Madonna in Art (1898), Raphael (1899), Jean Franois Millet (1900), Michelangelo (1900), Correggio (1901), Child-Life in Art (1901), The Bible Beautiful (1908), Sir Joshua Reynolds, Van Dyck, Rembrandt and Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century. "This little book is intended as a companion volume to Child-Life in Art, and is a study of Madonna art as a revelation of motherhood. With the historical and legendary incidents in the life of the Virgin it has nothing to do. These subjects have been discussed comprehensively and finally in Mrs. Jameson's splendid work on the Legends of the Madonna. Out of the great mass of Madonna subjects are selected, here, only the idealized and devotional pictures of the Mother and Babe. The methods of classifying such works are explained in the Introduction." |
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| BISAC Categories: - Art | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 704 |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 6" W x 9" (0.35 lbs) 100 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Estelle May Hurll (1863-1924) was the author of The Madonna in Art (1898), Raphael (1899), Jean Fran ois Millet (1900), Michelangelo (1900), Correggio (1901), Child-Life in Art (1901), The Bible Beautiful (1908), Sir Joshua Reynolds, Van Dyck, Rembrandt and Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century. "This little book is intended as a companion volume to Child-Life in Art, and is a study of Madonna art as a revelation of motherhood. With the historical and legendary incidents in the life of the Virgin it has nothing to do. These subjects have been discussed comprehensively and finally in Mrs. Jameson's splendid work on the Legends of the Madonna. Out of the great mass of Madonna subjects are selected, here, only the idealized and devotional pictures of the Mother and Babe. The methods of classifying such works are explained in the Introduction. " |
