SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN ART

by Alexander William C. Lindsay, Lord

$250 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition

London: John Murray, 1847. First edition. 3 volumes: cclxv, 143; 4 , 359; 4 , 435 pp. 16-page publisher’s catalogue, dated July, 1846 at rear of volume one. Survey of Christian painting and sculpture; “addressing Romance literature of the Middle Ages, iconography, and legends of the saints, the book’s historical narrative is infused with the author’s strong moral approach to the subject. Though derided by John Ruskin, the work strongly

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