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 | Likeness and Presence: A History of the Image before the Era of Art (2nd Edition) by Hans Belting, Edmund (Translator) (Trn) Jephcott Paperback, 676 Pages, Published 1997 ISBN-10: 0-226-04215-4 / 0226042154 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-04215-2 / 9780226042152 Before the Renaissance and Reformation, holy images were treated not as "art" but as objects of veneration which possessed the tangible presence of the Holy. In this magisterial book, Hans Belting traces the long history of the sacral image and its changing role in European culture. "Likeness and Pr | |