Author: Siobhan Jolley
Human figures depicted in art
Published on 2 June 2026 by National Gallery Company Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Wonder of Art' series.
Hardback | 144 pages, 120 colour illus.
175 x 175 | 0g
A new series of small, exquisite hardbacks from London’s National Gallery, in which its unrivalled collection is explored through a variety of appealing themes Martyrs and mystics, healers and hermits, visionaries and miracle workers: the images of saints in the Gallery’s collection chart not only a history of devotion but also the development of Western European art itself. Saints takes a close look at how some of the most Splendid depictions of these figures still speak to us across the centuries.
Published by National Gallery Global Ltd/Distributed by Yale University Press