La espleacute;ndida esteacute;tica de los aacute;ngeles continuacute;a ejerciendo una atraccioacute;n irrefrenable incluso en la actualidad. Las imaacute;genes de estos mensajeros celestiales transmiten; en su grandiosidad; proteccioacute;n; inocencia y calma; lo que les ha convertido en una fuente de inspiracioacute;n para artistas religiosos a lo largo de toda la historia del arte. Este libro presenta algunas de las representaciones maacute;s fascinantes de los aacute;ngeles; desde cupidos delicados y juguetones a ilustraciones majestuosas del Arcaacute;ngel Miguel; asiacute; como su desarrollo desde la eacute;poca medieval hasta la actualidad. Con un tamantilde;o coacute;modo y compacto; este libro es un regalo perfecto.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERSBy William SuddabyWhile Tiffany Jenkins believes repatriation of the so-called Elgin marbles from Great Briton to Greece is inadvisable; the book charges off in a plethora of tangents: from shrunken heads; to victim complexes; to military adventurism; and on.She makes a good case for the dispersion of important cultural artifacts to distant museums based on their universal humanity and their murky national ownerships; and deals less with the safety; availability; and preservation cultural objects often gain abroad as apposed to being forgotten; endangered; or abused as they sometimes are in modern countries where they happened to have been found.There is a lot here for the museum specialist; cultural scientist; and student of contemporary governments.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Irsquo;m a sucker for a good historical readBy Anthony NarcissoIrsquo;m a sucker for a good historical read. Add ancient scoundrels; purloined artefacts; international plunder disagreements that stretch over millennia; and a dose of politics and yoursquo;ll find yourself happily engaged in ldquo;Keeping their Marbles.rdquo;That the treasures of antiquity mdash; Egyptian; Greek; and Roman and beyond mdash; landed in the Worldrsquo;s finest western museums is not in doubt. Yet how did artwork end up so far afield from original locations; and will they make it back to the homeland. Or should it. Discussed are these themes in this engaging book.Ms. Jenkins makes a compelling case for ancient treasures that found their way to the West; by means questionable or legal; to remain housed where they are. Artefacts in museums remain secure; accessible; and studied by museum pilgrims; historians; scholars; and the curious tourist who become acquainted with fine artefacts of antiquity in its wider historical and cultural context.0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Batia CohenGreat summary
