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By: Colum Hourihane

ISBN: 9780691050379
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jul 2000
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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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.


(Paperback)

By: Colum Hourihane

ISBN: 9780691095479
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Mar 2002
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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David - the greatest king of Israel, the founder of Jerusalem, and one of the pivotal figures of the Old Testament - was a source of inspiration for artists and their patrons throughout the medieval world. This book is a survey of the profusion of David's images in both Byzantium and the West, providing a guide to a range of medieval depictions.