{"product_id":"likeness-and-presence-a-history-of-the-image-before-the-era-of-art-9780226042152","title":"Likeness and Presence: A History of the Image before the Era of Art","description":"Before the Renaissance and Reformation, holy images were treated not as \"art\" but as objects of veneration which possessed the tangible presence of the Holy. In this magisterial book, Hans Belting traces the long history of the sacral image and its changing role in European culture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLikeness and Presence\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the beliefs, superstitions, hopes, and fears that come into play as people handle and respond to sacred \u003cbr\u003e images, and presents a compelling interpretation of the place of the image in Western history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A rarity within its genre--an art-historical analysis of iconography which is itself iconoclastic. . . . One of the most intellectually exciting and historically grounded interpretations of Christian iconography.\" --Graham Howes, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eLikeness and Presence\u003c\/i\u003e offers the best source to survey the facts of what European Christians put in their churches. . . . An impressively detailed contextual analysis of medieval objects.\" --Robin Cormack, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I cannot begin to describe the richness or the imaginative grandeur of Hans Belting's book. . . . It is a work that anyone interested in art, or in the history of thought about art, should regard as urgent reading. It is a tremendous achievement.\"--Arthur C. Danto, \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBelting, Hans:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eHans Belting\u003c\/b\u003e is the Mary Jane Crowe Professor of Art History at Northwestern University. He is the author of a number of books, including \u003ci\u003eThe End of the History of Art?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Likeness and Presence: A History of the Image before the Era of Art\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Masterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the University of Chicago Press.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409977610514,"sku":"9780226042152","price":81.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7028aba2-e0fe-4bca-8dad-23ef2d568d3e.jpg?v=1729296949","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/likeness-and-presence-a-history-of-the-image-before-the-era-of-art-9780226042152","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}