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Signs & symbols in Christian art

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Oxford University Press, 1959 - Art and religion - 123 pages

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Contents

Flowers Trees and Plants
13
HI Earth and Sky
22
The Human Body
26

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TitleSigns & symbols in Christian art
AuthorGeorge Wells Ferguson
Editionreprint
PublisherOxford University Press, 1959
Original fromPennsylvania State University
Digitized3 Jun 2009
Length123 pages
SubjectsArt and religion
Christian art and symbolism
Painting, Renaissance
  
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