The debate on the ways and forms with which medieval and Renaissance artists constructed the portrait of a man they had never seen.
This volume contains the results of the encounters organized in 1996 at the Biblioteca Hertziana in Rome and Villa Spelman in Florence on the theme of the representation of the visage of Christ.
The debate focused not only on the modes and forms with which medieval and Renaissance artists constructed the portrait of a man they had never seen, but also on essential, complex questions regarding the paradox of making spiritual things visible through art.
The intriguing subject matter and contributions by leading experts made this book an important reference point for the many discussions on the theme during Jubilee Year 2000.