The Passion in Art
Richard Harries
Contents: Introduction Symbols in the Catacombs - 2nd and 3rd centuries The victory of Passion a 4th-century sarcophagus first depiction Christ on cross 5th-century ivory Women discover empty tomb 6th-century mosaic long tunic Gospel book On edges empire signs stone from 7th century dead an 11th-century Doubting Thomas Byzantine Anastasis Classical cosmic Carolingian bookcover Crucifixion 9th A sense poignant Ottonian crucifix 10th reigns as Priest King Romanesque carving 11th road to Emmaus romanesque relief 12th Chairete Venetian influence Theologians 13th-century illuminated Sublime Cimabue (1240-1302) Noli Me Tangere Giotto's masterpiece early 14th lily late Century 14th-century fresco Man Sorrows (c.1490) rises grave Piero della Francesca's humanist vision 15th Extreme agony Isenheim altarpiece Supper at by Caravaggio 17th Jesus alone Rembrandt Caspar David Friedrich Cross Landscape White Marc Chagall Georges Rouault Stanley Spencer Graham Sutherland Ceri Richards 'A sword shall pierce through thy own soul' Helen Meyer Menorah Roger Wagner Incredulity Nicholas Mynheer Notes Index.