This guide to how to interpret the common images and meanings in church art and architecture explains how to identify people, scenes, details and their significance, and explores the symbolism of different animals, plants, colours, numbers and letters. In this edition, full colour photographs show a[...]
From paintings, fonts and altars, to pew ends, choir stalls and stained glass windows, this work takes you through each significant church feature. It includes sections on: The basics: imagery, themes and history; Church architecture, inside and out; Symbols, colours and words; Representations of G[...]