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Description
A towering figure in the art world unravels the mystery of the world's most controversial relic.
The history of the Christian church is strewn with holy relics and artifacts, none more controversial than the Shroud of Turin, the supposed burial cloth of Christ. In The Holy Shroud Gary Vikan shows that the shroud is not the burial cloth of Jesus, but rather a photograph-like body print of a medieval Frenchman created by a brilliant artist serving the royal court in the time of the Black Death.
The Shroud was gifted by King John II to his friend Geoffroi de Charny, the most renowned knight of the Middle Ages, who shortly thereafter died at the disastrous Battle of Poitiers while saving the King's life. Though intended as nothing more than an innocuous devotional image for Geoffroi's newly-built church in the French hamlet of Lirey, it was soon misrepresented. Miracles were faked, money was made.
But while other scholars, and even the Catholic Church itself, have never confirmed the authenticity of the Shroud, the question always remained - how did that image get there? Combining copious research and decades of art world experience with an accessible, wry voice, Gary Vikan shows how one of the greatest hoaxes in the history of Christian relics came into being.
About the Author
Gary Vikan is the former Director of the Walters Art Museum. An internationally known medieval scholar, he holds a PhD in medieval art and has taught at Johns Hopkins University, Carleton College, Goucher College, and the Salzburg Global Seminar. He is the author of Sacred and Stolen and lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Reviews
"Wonderful and insightful. A must-read." -- Dr. Noah Charney, bestselling author of THE ART OF FORGERY (Praise for SACRED AND STOLEN)
"Fascinating. Rarely have we had such a candid window into the thinking that guides America's biggest cultural institutions." -- Jason Felch, co-author of CHASING APHRODITE (Praise for SACRED AND STOLEN)
"Gary's scholarship and professional ethics, combined with his impish sense of humor, make for delightful reading." -- Dan Hofstadter, author of GOLDBERG'S ANGEL (Praise for SACRED AND STOLEN)
Book Information
ISBN 9781643134321
Author Gary Vikan
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint Pegasus Books
Publisher Pegasus Books
Weight(grams) 342g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 28mm
The history of the Christian church is strewn with holy relics and artifacts, none more controversial than the Shroud of Turin, the supposed burial cloth of Christ. In The Holy Shroud Gary Vikan shows that the shroud is not the burial cloth of Jesus, but rather a photograph-like body print of a medieval Frenchman created by a brilliant artist serving the royal court in the time of the Black Death.
The Shroud was gifted by King John II to his friend Geoffroi de Charny, the most renowned knight of the Middle Ages, who shortly thereafter died at the disastrous Battle of Poitiers while saving the King's life. Though intended as nothing more than an innocuous devotional image for Geoffroi's newly-built church in the French hamlet of Lirey, it was soon misrepresented. Miracles were faked, money was made.
But while other scholars, and even the Catholic Church itself, have never confirmed the authenticity of the Shroud, the question always remained - how did that image get there? Combining copious research and decades of art world experience with an accessible, wry voice, Gary Vikan shows how one of the greatest hoaxes in the history of Christian relics came into being.
About the Author
Gary Vikan is the former Director of the Walters Art Museum. An internationally known medieval scholar, he holds a PhD in medieval art and has taught at Johns Hopkins University, Carleton College, Goucher College, and the Salzburg Global Seminar. He is the author of Sacred and Stolen and lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Reviews
"Wonderful and insightful. A must-read." -- Dr. Noah Charney, bestselling author of THE ART OF FORGERY (Praise for SACRED AND STOLEN)
"Fascinating. Rarely have we had such a candid window into the thinking that guides America's biggest cultural institutions." -- Jason Felch, co-author of CHASING APHRODITE (Praise for SACRED AND STOLEN)
"Gary's scholarship and professional ethics, combined with his impish sense of humor, make for delightful reading." -- Dan Hofstadter, author of GOLDBERG'S ANGEL (Praise for SACRED AND STOLEN)
Book Information
ISBN 9781643134321
Author Gary Vikan
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint Pegasus Books
Publisher Pegasus Books
Weight(grams) 342g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 28mm
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