Painting The Soul: Icons, Death Masks and Shrouds

London: Reaktion Books, 1997. Softbound. VG- (light foxing to upper block plate, corners bumped). Black wraps with color illustration, white lettering, 248 pp, color and bw illustrations. Icons are among the most elusive subjects in the history of art, but their study is a fast expanding field. Painting the Soul explores both the creation and the development of the icon, and its final transformation into the art of the Renaissance. (Inventory #: 101233)