Franciscan Exegesis
“In the 1480s, Giovanni Bellini painted a large panel which is now generally known as ‘St. Francis in Ecstasy’. … The painting is one of the greatest works of one of the greatest painters of the Western tradition, so understanding it is an exceedingly important enterprise. … Images and symbols, the...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1987
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Theology today
Year: 1987, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 503-509 |
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Summary: | “In the 1480s, Giovanni Bellini painted a large panel which is now generally known as ‘St. Francis in Ecstasy’. … The painting is one of the greatest works of one of the greatest painters of the Western tradition, so understanding it is an exceedingly important enterprise. … Images and symbols, the great symbolic forms, are the shaping forces of our spiritual lives. We become what we behold.” |
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ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057368704300404 |