Visual Piety: History and Theory of Popular Religious Images: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images

by David Morgan (Author)

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  Paperback
  1999

  $41.95

  A study of devotional images that traces their historical links to important strains of American culture. It demonstrates how popular visual images - from Warner Sallman's 'Head of Christ' to velvet renditions of DaVinci's 'Last Supper' to illustrations on prayer cards - have assumed central roles in contemporary American lives and communities.