IN THE NAME OF THE SON

How artists from Giotto to Caravaggio have written a visual biography of Christ through the finest masterpieces in the history of ar t. In the Name of the Son approaches figurative art through the lens of the greatest mystery of mankind: the life of Jesus Christ. F rom the late medieval period through the Renaissance and the Baroque era, the task of conferring an image onto Christwhose physical aspect was never described in Scripturefell to artists, who depicted him at every stage of life and in a multitude of roles. In th e 350 imag...[Llegir més]