How to Read Medieval Art

$29.95 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

By Wendy A. Stein This volume, the sixth in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's popular series of How to Read titles, introduces the subjects and themes most frequently depicted in medieval art, many of them drawn from the Bible and both religious and secular literature. Included among the 38 representative works of art discussed are brilliant altarpieces, stained-glass windows, intricate tapestries, carved wood sculptures, delicate ivories, and captivating manuscript illuminations, all from the holdings of the…