Holy cards
Calamari, Barbara
Holy cards / Barbara Calamari & Sandra DiPasqua - New York : H.N. Abrams, 2004 - 144 p. : illus. ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 144).
Often used in daily rituals or given out at significant life events such as wakes and funerals, communions and confirmations, the holy card can be appreciated as both a religious tradition and a beautiful work of folk art. This comprehensive volume offers a richly illustrated overview, organized thematically, along with brief biographies and attributes of prophets and angels, disciples and evangelists, hermits and visionaries, martyrs and mystics - in exquisite depictions that run the gamut from dramatic and disturbing to moving and comforting.
English
9780810943384
Holy cards--Catalogs
Printed ephemera--Catalogs
Christian saints in art--Catalogs
760.044 CAL
Holy cards / Barbara Calamari & Sandra DiPasqua - New York : H.N. Abrams, 2004 - 144 p. : illus. ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 144).
Often used in daily rituals or given out at significant life events such as wakes and funerals, communions and confirmations, the holy card can be appreciated as both a religious tradition and a beautiful work of folk art. This comprehensive volume offers a richly illustrated overview, organized thematically, along with brief biographies and attributes of prophets and angels, disciples and evangelists, hermits and visionaries, martyrs and mystics - in exquisite depictions that run the gamut from dramatic and disturbing to moving and comforting.
English
9780810943384
Holy cards--Catalogs
Printed ephemera--Catalogs
Christian saints in art--Catalogs
760.044 CAL
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