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Leader LDR nam a 00
Control # 1 hbl99064466
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20201110135613.0
Fixed Data 8 020813s2014 enka b 001 0 eng d
ISBN 20    $a9781780232683
ISBN 20    $a1780232683
Obsolete 39    $a292438$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aGCG
LC Call 50  4 $aN8050$b.B219 2014
ME:Pers Name 100 $aBacci, Michele.
Title 245 14 $aThe many faces of Christ :$bportraying the Holy in the east and west, 300-1300 /$cMichele Bacci.
Imprint 260    $aLondon, UK :$bReaktion Books,$cc2014.
Phys Descrpt 300    $a294 p. :$bill. (some color) ;$c24 cm.
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Content 505 $aPart 1. The myth of the archetypal image. Lifetime portraits in Asia -- Christian Acheiropoieta and the authentic portraits of Christ and the Virgin Mary -- Mythic and material images -- Material indicators of holy persons' earthly presence -- The exercise of sight and the art of body inspection -- Figurative and written records of the holy men's physical characteristics -- Part 2. The looks and locks of Jesus of Nazareth. Christ's controversial visibility -- Handsome or ugly? -- Conflicting hairstyles -- Christ's 'Identikit' -- The colour of Christ's skin -- Disputations on curly and woolly hair -- Hair and priestly fashion -- Christ's long hair and St. Paul's baldness.
Abstract 520    $aThe many faces of Christ examines the complex historical and cultural dynamics underlying the making and final establishment of Christ's image between late antiquity and the early Renaissance.
Subj:Pers 600 00 $aJesus Christ$xFace.
Subj:Pers 600 00 $aJesus Christ$vArt.
Subj:Pers 600 00 $aJesus Christ$xIconography.