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Étiqueté : Christian art

Parution : Timothy Verdon, “Method, Meaning, Mystery”, Turnhout, Brepols, 2025

The present volume is the first of eight that read Christian art and architecture in relation to Scripture and exegesis, to theology, to liturgy, and to devotional piety. Entitled Method and Meaning, it focusses on constants in the two millennia since artists began to interpret what Christians believe and experience. Its goal is to suggest an interdisciplinary approach suited to the variety of works produced in that temporal span. Director of the Museo dell’Opera dell Duomo,...

Parution : Jasenka Gudelj et al. (dir.), “Networks of Faith and Form. Jesuit Art and Architecture in the Eastern Adriatic”, Turnhout, Brepols, 2026

This book explores how the art and architecture commissioned by the Jesuits along the eastern shores of the Adriatic during the early modern period reflect a distinct cultural identity shaped within a universal and institutionally coherent framework—one that transcended geographical and temporal boundaries. Though diverse in form and style, these buildings were profoundly influenced by the organisational structures and intellectual networks of religious communities. Through enduring traditions and the strategic mobility of their members across...