The Crosses And Culture Of Ireland

Arthur Kingsley Porter

Verlag: Yale University Press, U.S.A., 1931

Beschreibung

Very Good First American Edition Clean 143 pp. 275 B/W Photographs. NO Writing NO Signatures. Foxing on rear endpapers and on some pages and some photo pages. Hints of discoloration. NOT a library copy. Excellent copy Tight binding. Brilliant Study of the Celtic Christian Iconography of the High Crosses. American Harvard art Professor free of European prejudice against Celtic culture. Bold in his defence of Irish Celtic culture and it's pre-Christian influence in it's art and critical of the demise of vibrancy and Spiritual dynamism when the Roman Church ousted the Native culture from its primacy. The Syrian and Hebrew influence on the early Irish church art is explored as well. He passed mysteriously in Ireland. Outstanding sharp photos in this First Edition. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 874716932

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Crosses And Culture Of Ireland

Verlag: Yale University Press, U.S.A.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1931

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First American Edition.