Richard Stemp Boeken

De verborgen taal van de Renaissance. analyseer lagen van verborgen betekenis in meer dan honderd kunstwerken van de grote Italiaanse meester *Onthult geheime boodschappen en sacrale symboliek in het gebruik van kleur, perspectief en beeldtaal *geeft een verfrissend inzicht in de ontwikkeling van het renaissancistische denken, van het humanisme tot het mysticisme en religieuze hervormingen

Who is depicted in that stained glass window? What is the significance of those geometric figures? Why are there fierce-looking beasts carved amidst all that beauty? Is there a deeper purpose behind the play of light and space in the nave? Why is there a pelican on the lectern and ornate foliage on the pillars?

This carefully researched guide takes the reader into some of the world's most famous churches, decoding messages that are hidden in plain sight-in stained-glass windows, statuary, patterned flooring, ornamentation, and even the buildings' architectural design: Why do fierce beasts and grotesque faces peer from the walls? Who chose to depict one particular saint and not another? What's the significance of an eagle? A dragon? A pelican? No one who reads this book will ever again experience a visit to a cathedral in quite the same way.