Sadistic iconography. Portraits and history of martyrs and saints

If you are carried away by secrets and riddles of art, hidden symbols in the paintings, you like to solve puzzles and learn new things, then this book is for you! From this book you will learn how Fekla Ikoniskaya made friends with hungry wild lions, why on Sicily they prepare a cake in the form of a female breast, what the mystical betrothal of Catherine of Alexandria is, and much more. “Sadist iconography” is a book that is not at all about sadism, but about those horrors, adventures and trials that the first Christian martyrs and saints suffered. But this terrible fairy tale is with a good end!
Christian iconography for many centuries was a source of inspiration for artists and sculptors. The amazing book that you are holding in your hands will tell you about how bizarre the extraordinary fate of the first Christian martyrs and saints embodied in the art of different centuries. From the book Sadist iconography. Portraits and stories of martyrs and saints ”You will learn how these women lived, what feats and miracles performed in the name of their faith, how they were portrayed by artists and why. This book will help you solve many riddles of European art. If you liked the book Iconographic lawlessness by Sergey Zotov, then Sadist iconography will reveal to you