This lavishly illustrated guide to iconography explains through words and pictures the history, meaning, and purpose of Christian icons as well as the traditional methods that religious painters use to create these luminous, spiritually enlivened works of art. Solrunn Nes, one of Europe's most adm... (more)

Coinciding with the release of a major motion picture on Martin Luther's life, this book offers a concise and accessible biography of the great reformer.