Bøger af John F. Moffitt

According to legend, on December 8, 1531, the Virgin Mary appeared to the newly Christianized Juan Diego on the Mexican hill of Tepeyacac. As proof of her divine visit, she miraculously imprinted her image, known as Our Lady of Guadalupe. This volume provides the study of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It places the work within the context of art history.

Through detailed analysis of works from Caravaggio's early Roman period, 1594-1602, this study places his art in a humanistic context, making it an expression of ""learned naturalism,"" a procedure committed to a close study of the phenomenal world.

Analyses Masaccio's fresco painting of the Trinity (circa 1427) in the Florentine church of Santa Maria Novella in physical and symbolic detail, and provides an illustration of a consistently employed linear perspective within an ecclesiastical setting.

This text provides an overview of the arts in Spain from prehistory to the present day. Providing examples from different artistic fields, the author traces the development of the arts in Spain from its Christian foundations through to the innovative works of Picasso, Dali and Miro.