The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II - From the Early Christian Era to the Age of Discovery, Part I - fromt he Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood

Author(s): Devisse, Jean; Cortes, Jean Marie (introduction)

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Harvard University Press
Publication Year:	1979
Publication Place:	Cambridge, MA, USA
Book ID:	024289
Catalogue(s):	History - General ◇ Art

1st thus. 288pp, profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. In beige cloth-covered boards with dark brown lettering on spine. Large, square 4to. . Cloth rubbed on corners and spine ends. Mild smudging on text block edges. Ex reference library with usual markings including call label on spine and ownership stamps on endpapers, half title and title page, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. An investigation and exploration of the iconography of the black in Western medieval art. Hard to find book.

Keywords:

Race Relations Art History of Art Medieval Studies