Virtue and Vice - The Personifications in the Index of Christian Art

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Edited by Colum Hourihane

Summary

The concept of opposing forces of good and evil expressed in a range of moral qualities - virtues and vices - is one of the dominant themes in the history of Christian art. This catalogue documents the occurrence of the Virtues and Vices in well over 1,000 works of art produced between the fifth and the fifteenth centuries.

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• Authors: Colum Hourihane
• Assisted by: Colum Hourihane (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2000
• EAN: 9780691050379
• ISBN: 978-0-691-05037-9
• No. of pages: 468
• Series: Publications of the Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University; Index of Christian Art Resources
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Art, History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, c 500 to c 1000 CE, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Medieval style, Religious subjects depicted in art, Religious and ceremonial art, ART / History / European / Medieval