Crucifixion

By Phaidon Press

Book Overview

Crucifixionbrings together more than 120 art masterpieces that depict perhaps the most important event in the Christian religion, the crucifixion of Christ. Ranging from the 5thcentury to the present... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714839418
• ISBN13: 9780714839417
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent for Devotional Reflections, Especially During Lent

This collection has four books (Annunciation, Last Supper, Crucifixion, Descent) which will be a treasure to all those who love great art, and especially those attracted to religious art. Each book is beautifully bound in its own brilliant metallic color: gold, silver, bronze and copper. The unique size and color of the books make this set aesthetically pleasing. It is a wonderful collection to display on any shelf. The prints, more than 100 in each book, are of superb quality. Phaidon, the publisher, is recognized for excellence and elegance in all their printing. There is scant text; each book has a New Testament scriptural preface, then a brief caption accompanies each image.As the titles project, a central event in Christ's life is elucidated by the world's best artistic masters; each brings their own commentary to the selected Christological theme. Most enjoyable, and educational, is the progression through time, starting with early art pieces and finishing with contemporary masters. From beginning to end, each book is a wonderful journey through time. Stunning. macabre, painful and finally humbling were some of the feelings I experienced as I journeyed with the masters through the 120 plates that depicted the crucifixion of Christ. Unlike "Annunciation" and "Last Supper", two other books in this Phaidon set, where you can see the changes in the artist interpretation of the event through the ages, the image of the painful and gruesome death of Christ in "Crucifixion" changes little over the 1600 years covered here. The inhumanity of the crucifixion travels vividly through the ages; from the earliest picture, painted by the monk Rabbula in Mesopotamia (586 AD) to Lovis Corinth's (1907) and Stanley Spenser's (1958) disturbing images. You can not come away from viewing this book without realizing the pain and suffering that occurred on the cross. This is a book I will return to as a devotional, especially during Lent, to rethink the cost of redemption. Excellent. Highly Recommended.