*note: I linked the books to Amazon without thinking, but I purchased used editions from Thriftbooks for my personal library<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Christian Iconography<\/a> General Art History Relevant to Christian Art General Christian Art History<\/strong> Reference books of iconography <\/p>\n\n\n\n My ‘To Aquire’ Shelf <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Books, Links, and other Resources related to Christian Art *note: I linked the books to Amazon without thinking, but I purchased used editions from Thriftbooks for my personal library Christian Iconographya website hosting articles about many figures from Biblical and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,43],"tags":[48,47,45,46],"class_list":["post-2174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-resources","tag-art-history","tag-christian-art","tag-religious-art","tag-sacred-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2175,"href":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174\/revisions\/2175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>a website hosting articles about many figures from Biblical and Christian history and how they are depicted throughout history; collected by a professor of Medieval Lit<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>(i.e. The British National Gallery does a great video series on their paintings, some of which are religious)<\/em>
National Gallery London: Art history in 10 minutes<\/a>
National Gallery London: Cleavers, poison and snakes | How to spot saints in paintings<\/a>
National Gallery London: A curated look at: angels<\/a>
National Gallery London: Is it just us, or is this demon wearing a cactus?<\/a>
National Gallery London: Trailer: The audacity of Christian art<\/a>
(TED-ED: A brief history of religion in art – TED-Ed<\/a>
Art history | Arts and humanities | Khan Academy<\/a>
AP\u00ae\ufe0e Art History | College Art History | Khan Academy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christian Art: A Very Short Introduction<\/a>
The Foundations of Christian Art (Sacred Art in Tradition)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>(all of these are great but they are very similar)<\/em>
Signs and Symbols in Christian Art<\/a>
The Art of Faith: A Guide to Understanding Christian Images<\/a>
Dictionary of Christian Art: Apostolos-Cappadona<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>(Books that sound great but I haven’t yet read)<\/em>
How to Read a Church: A Guide to Symbols and Images in Churches and Cathedrals<\/a>
Saints, Signs, and Symbols: The Symbolic Language of Christian Art<\/a>
Saints in Art (Guide to Imagery Series)<\/a>
Picturing the Bible: The Earliest Christian Art<\/a>
Dictionary of Biblical Imagery<\/a>
Christian Iconography: Study of Its Origins<\/a>
Art in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1500 (Oxford History of Art S.)<\/a>
The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Art and Architecture<\/a>
Sacred Art: Spiritual Principles for Faithful Interpretation (tanbooks.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n