Isbn: 9780520252134 - our distance from god: studies of the divine and the mundane in western art and music (7 risultati)

Condizione: New. New dust jacket.

Hardcover. 198pp. As new, clean, tight & bright condition, with bright and crisp dust jacket.

hardcover. Condizione: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. Tall 8vo, 198 pp. Well-illustrated (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st. Cloth, xii, 198 pages, [20] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 27 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author. Fine DJ. *** "In this encounter between reflections on Christian theology and the history of art and music, James D. Herbert considers how specific works of art establish a relation between the divine and the earthbound audiences for whom the art was created. He looks at five case studies over four centuries: the architecture and artworks that glorified Louis XIV at Versailles, the interaction of libretto and music in Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung, Claude Monet's enormous paintings of water lilies mounted at the Orangerie of Paris in 1927, the inaugural performance in 1962 of Benjamin Britten's War." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Louis XIV's Versailles; Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung; Monet's Orangerie; Spence's Cathedral & Britten's War requiem; Wilson's 14 stations. Size: 4to. SIGNED. Collectible.…

hardcover. Condizione: fine. near fine. First. Illustrated in color and in black and white. xii, 198 pages. Small 4to, black cloth with gold spine lettering, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (2008). Fine in a near fine dust wrapper.

Hardbound. Black cloth with gold lettering on spine; grey dj with color photograph and white lettering; 198 pp. with numerous bw and color images, numbered by section. In this provacative encounter between reflections on Christian theology and the history of music and art, James D. Herbert explores how specific works of art establish a relation, at times distant, at times proximate, in conflict or in accord, between the divine and the earthbound audiences for whom the art was created. VG/VG- with very slight shelf wear to dj, but no edge wear.…

Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.