THE MANY FACES OF CHRIST

In The Many Faces of Christ Michele Bacci examines the complex historical and cultural dynamics underlying the making and final succ essful establishment of Christs image between late antiquity and the early Renaissance. Unlike earlier studies, the process is desc ribed against the background of ancient and biblical conceptions of beauty and the physical look as indicators of moral, ascetic or messianic qualities. Michele Bacci examines the complex historical and cultural dynamics underlying the making and final successful establishme...[Read more]