In Glory Blessed Virgin Mary: Poems & Prayers - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1556709358 ISBN 13: 9781556709357

Publisher: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1999

Synopsis

Throughout the Renaissance, artists and poets were drawn to Mary as an icon of grace, purity, beauty, and eternal motherly love. In Glory presents a number of breathtakingly beautiful paintings of the period, including masterpieces by da Vinci, Bellini, Cranach the Elder, Botticelli, and Holbein the Younger. Literary excerpts inspired by the Holy Mother also grace these pages, among them "Ave, Generosa - Ymnus de Sancta Maria" by the Abbess Hildegard of Bingen, "The Nativity of Christ" by Luis de Gngora, and "Ode to the Virgin" by Francesco Petrarch.

This is a volume to treasure. Its ethereal Madonna and Child images, Florentine end-papers, stunning graphic ornaments, and calligraphy-inspired type lend this miniature gift book an intimate, jewel-like quality that reflects the spirit of the Books of Hours-those illuminated manuscripts so cherished in the late Middle Ages. Now, on the eve of a new millennium, this very special collection of images and words is a true celebration of the unique and timeless essence of the mother of Christ.

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From the Publisher:

Renaissance Masterpieces Include:

Virgin and Child - Jean Fouquet Virgin and Child - Carlo Crivelli Virgin Adoring the Child - Fra Filippo Lippi Virgin and Child - Joos van Cleve Madonna with The Red Apple - Hans Memling Madonna of the Trees - Giovanni Bellini Madonna the Magnificent - Gandro Botticelli Litta Madonna - Leonardo da Vinci Virgin and Child Under the Apple Tree-Lucas Cranach the Elder Madonna of Burgomaster Meyer-Hans Holbein the Younger

About this edition

• Publisher: Stewart Tabori & Chang
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1556709358
• ISBN 13: 9781556709357
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64