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About the product This book will tell you how in Christian iconography the sacred was intertwined with the comical, monstrous and obscene. Much of what today seems outrageous sacrilege was quite common in the Middle Ages, an era of almost universal religiosity, such as monkeys in the fields of ancient texts, obscene figures on the walls of churches, and saints in monstrous guise. Where did these images come from, and how are they related to the subsequent development of world art? The first popular science text in Russian, covering so many plots of medieval iconography, comes out on the initiative of the Suffering Middle Ages — a community of history lovers with almost half a million subscribers. More than 600 illustrations, unique text and a little humor — this is how you should talk about art. …
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