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Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images
David Morgan
Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images
David Morgan
A study of devotional images that traces their historical links to important strains of American culture. It demonstrates how popular visual images - from Warner Sallman's 'Head of Christ' to velvet renditions of DaVinci's 'Last Supper' to illustrations on prayer cards - have assumed central roles in contemporary American lives and communities.
283 pages, 69 b/w images
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 25, 1999 |
ISBN13 | 9780520219328 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 283 |
Dimensions | 229 × 157 × 14 mm · 386 g |
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