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BIBLE IN PICTURES by TEACHEN (Hardcover - 2009) ISBN: 9783836518147 Subject: ART, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & PHOTOGRAPHY Publisher: TASCHEN Martin Luther¡¦s Bible, published in 1534, was the first complete German Bible and a pivotal event in the history of Christianity. Luther¡¦s revolutionary translation fueled anger and revulsion toward Rome and began Protestantism. In The Bible in Pictures, each of the 117 hand-colored woodcut illustrations is meticulously reproduced from a rare original copy. Fussel provides a scholarly overview of Luther¡¦s life and the detailed descriptions of the illustrations and their iconography. |
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