Religious and ceremonial art Books

Reformatted into a new, smaller size, the masterful Indra Sharma’s celebrated collection of traditional spiritual Indian paintings is now more affordable than ever. Expressing his spirituality through art, Sharma’s unique masterpieces are meant to...

The first major exploration of the mural tradition in early modern South IndiaAn astonishing variety of murals greet visitors to the temples and palaces of southern India. Beautiful in execution and extensive in scope, murals painted on walls and...

A new study of the early Renaissance portrait.In fourteenth-century Italy, ever more women and men - not only clergy but also laity - introduced their own portraits into sacred paintings. Images of modern supplicants, submissive and prayerful, shared...

In the first book devoted to representations of Jesus Christ in contemporary photography, Nathalie Dietschy presents a rich range of images from the 1980s to the present day. Works by acclaimed artists such as Andres Serrano, Catherine Opie,...

Contemporary themes: the search for meaning and for spirituality in a secular world; the art of attention; reconciliation with the Catholic Church; the meaning and value of art (and the humanities) in the 21st century, especially art from cultures and...

The rare and collectible Process Church magazines are back in print. Do you dare find out who rules you? The Process Church of the Final Judgement inspired fear and devotion amongst London's swinging set. The Process Church magazines, published between...

The New Testament as you've never seen it illustrated before--now in a compact format! From the author of the highly praised and somewhat controversial The Compact Brick Bible: A New Spin on the Old Testament comes the much-anticipated New Testament...

The love of books in the Jewish tradition extends back over many centuries, and the ways of interpreting those books are as myriad as the traditions themselves. Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink offers the first full survey of Jewish illuminated...

The Holy Bible is complex; sometimes dark, and other times joyous, and Smith s masterful work is a far cry from what a small child might build. The beauty of The Brick Bible is that everyone, from the devout to nonbelievers, will find something...

Art of the Occult, The: A Visual Sourcebook for the Modern Mystic