2,387円 « C’est le Diable qui tient les fils qui nous remuent ! » (Charles Beaudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal, 1857) Satan, Belzébuth, Lucifer… Le Diable possède de multiples noms et visages qui, toujours, furent une grande source d’inspiration pour les artistes. Longtemps commanditées par les instances reli...

2,387円 “The Devil holds the strings which move us!” (Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil, 1857.) Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer… the Devil has many names and faces, all of which have always served artists as a source of inspiration. Often commissioned by religious leaders as images of fear or veneration,...

2,387円 Das Königreich von Champa deckte um 500 n. Chr. einen weiten Teil des heutigen Vietnam ab. In der Umgebung von Nha Trang findet man heute noch einige wundersame Spuren davon. Die Champa-Bildhauerei verwendet verschiedene Materialien, vor allem Sandstein, aber auch Gold, Silber und Bronze; diese W...

748円 This early work by Aleister Crowley was originally published in 1910. Born in Royal Leamington Spa, England in 1875, Crowley was raised by Christian fundamentalist parents. He attended Trinity College at Cambridge University, but left before graduating. After leaving the college, he devoted his t...

748円 This early work by Aleister Crowley was originally published in 1898. Born in Royal Leamington Spa, England in 1875, Crowley was raised by Christian fundamentalist parents. He attended Trinity College at Cambridge University, but left before graduating. After leaving the college, he devoted his t...

2,653円 The bone gatherers found in the annals and legends of the early Roman Catholic Church were women who collected the bodies of martyred saints to give them a proper burial. They have come down to us as deeply resonant symbols of grief: from the women who anointed Jesus's crucified body in the gospe...

7,296円 Thanks to current portrayals of Jesus of Nazareth, we are apt to think of him as having long hair and a short beard. But, the holy scriptures do not describe Christ’s physiognomy, and his representations are inconsistent in early Christian and medieval arts. How did this long-haired archetype com...

653円 Les premiers chrétiens avaient-ils des images ; étaient-ils aniconiques, n’ayant pas d’images ? Étaient-ils opposés aux images ; étaient-ils iconophobes, les considérant comme des idoles ? Selon ceux qui acceptent la Théorie de l’hostilité des premiers chrétiens envers les images, ces deux mots, ...

650円 This book is a collection of studies on the general theme of Orthodox icons. 1) As the title of the book indicates, the first article deals with the similarity between religious images of the Romanesque period (900-1200) in Western Europe and Orthodox icons. As the difference between icons and la...

650円 Heroes of the Icon is a book about people, events and ideas related to the phenomenon called the Orthodox icon. 1) The first of the chapters deals with the three decisive points in history which form the foundation on which the icon stands. It concerns not only the moments in history but also the...

650円 Les images chrétiennes sont à la mode. Les livres qui en traitent sont nombreux : études archéologiques, recherches sur l’histoire de l’art, analyses théologiques, confrontation entre différents courants d’opinion, monographies sur un auteur, etc. Des publications sur les icônes ne cessent d’appa...

650円 St. Epiphanius of Salamis lived in Cyprus during the 4th century. He is a Father of the Church known for his determined fight against heresy. And yet, five texts denouncing any use of images have been attributed to him. On the basis of these documents, he has been given, by some, the title of for...