Posts tagged "Middle Ages"

The Heart of Faith: Following Christ in the Church of England

The Worldwide Anglican movement is a vibrant and flourishing, if sometimes troubled, international phenomenon. This new publication explores the nature of the Anglican identity from the Middle Ages to the present day through the lives and works of sixteen influential followers of the Church of England. Written by an international and interdenominational team of scholars, this thought-provoking study will appeal to anyone interested in Anglican identity and history.
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Christian Attitudes Toward the Jews in the Middle Ages: A Casebook (Routledge Medieval Casebooks)

Drawing from an equally wide range of sources-sermons, polemical texts, theological treatises, hagiographical and devotional works, and histories-the volume demonstrates the emergence of a profoundly negative image of the Jews that established many of the stereotypes of classic Christian anti-Semitism. The volume, in particular, argues that the essential turning point in relations between Christians and Jews occurred in the eleventh century, especially the early eleventh century when the first wave of persecutions of the Jews took place.
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Masterpieces Up Close: Western Painting from the 14th to 20th Centuries

Masterpieces Up Close will send readers on a journey through the world’s most famous paintings from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. They will see some familiar faces, like Leonardo’s Mona Lisa and Warhol’s Marilyn, and meet some that may be new to them, like the princess in Velázquez’s Las Meninas and the mysterious little girl in Rembrandt’s Night Watch. Full-color reproductions of over 20 paintings provide the perfect hunting ground for over a hundred details. Lift-the-flap keys at the end of the book provide the answers. Informative text helps children learn why these paintings have intrigued us for centuries and discover just what makes each work a masterpiece.
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Schmincke Mussini Resin Oil Color Vermillion Red Tone 35ml tube

Mussini Resin Oil Colours These professional artists” colours are unique because their development has been based on principles used by the Old Masters. The Old Masters blended pigments not only with oil but also with natural resin. Artists from the late Middle Ages were already using indigenous European resins such as mastic from the Greek island of Chios and copal. Natural resins were used to enhance color brilliance and to give the painting the impression of depth. Many examples can be found in Byzantine art produced during the first centuries A.D. Throughout the long history of development of oil colouring techniques a large number of very special binder formulations have been tested and this wealth of knowledge has been the foundation for the development of the Mussini range. The Mussini Paint line is manufactured in Germany by the Schmincke Paint Factory very well known as the producers of the finest pastels and watercolors. Mussini Resin Oils have a very smooth buttery consistency and are available in 102 colors. The use of resin produces an oil paint with outstanding luminosity and brilliance. These paints are incredible for glazing and to increase the depth in your paintings.
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