Christian Art

Christian ArtPalm mats and pilgrim tokens, manuscript illuminations and church frescoes, gold and enamel reliquaries and papier mache figurines, Russian icons and Mexican murals: What makes these works of art Christian? And what, as such, distinguishes them from other works? These are the questions at the center of this book, which is at once a sumptuously illustrated survey of Christian art over time and across the globe and a probing study of what "Christian

s Theseus is an utterly lifelike figure

Eleven-years old and irrepressible

Fairy tales for our times from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours A poisoned apple and a monkey's paw with the power to change fate

but they did

The team with the best leader usually wins

considers all sides and makes a very persuasive and troubling case for the Chinese approach to resource security

and incredibly sexy - though broke

advanced evidence-based medicine

middle-aged and disaffected

Based on interviews with hundreds of children and adults

many of whom are increasingly overlooked in today's fast- changing world

Surgeons removed the tumor and made him a new nose from one of his toes