Painting the Word: Christian Pictures and Their Meanings by Drury, John - 2000

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. Hardbound . 2nd Printing. BINDING/CONDITION: dark navy boards with gilt spine text; a nicely made volume, printed entirely on lightly coated stock, yielding clear text and illustrations, one slight bump the spine, otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket. Features 166 color illustrations. From the jacket blurb: ''Author John Drury points out the religious meanings in paintings that range from works by Piero della Francesca to those by Velazquez. In each case he views the whole picture -- its composition, colour, drawing, figures and even architecture -- and shows how it creates a religious image that addresses the spectator as a spiritual human being. Drury also provides a historical context for the works, comparing our perception with the perception of, for example, the medieval monarch or renaissance merchant who first commissioned the work.'' about 10 inches tall by 7 inches wide 201 pages. Bibliography, index. Light olive endpapers.