Saints: Lives & Illuminations - Softcover

Sanderson, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802853323 ISBN 13: 9780802853325

Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2007

Synopsis

"Saints: Lives and Illuminations" presents the stories of forty remarkable people - martyrs, hermits, miracle workers, scholars, and evangelists - who were the pioneers of the early Church and who, in the first millennium, spread the Christian faith to the rest of the world. With brief biographical sketches and lush pencil and oil portraits, author and illustrator Ruth Sanderson stokes the flame of our centuries old and ongoing interest in the faith and lives of these spiritual examples - saints who have forever changed the way we look at and live our lives in relationship to God.

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Review:

Kirkus Reviews"Forty stories of Christian saints from the first millennium are illustrated with appropriately gorgeous, pencil-and-oils-on-paper art.""Booklist""This compilation of saints almost feels like a throwback to another era. . . . Each saint gets a lovely oil-and-pencil portrait that takes up a third of the page and an overview of his or her life.""School Library Journal""Opulently illustrated. . . For those interested in sharing inspiring stories of Christian devotion with children, this volume is well designed, attractive, and easy to use.""Prairie Messenger""A book as beautifully illuminated, designed and printed as this artistic testimony to the lives of 40 saints from the first millennium drawn from the eastern and western churches will be treasured by all who find comfort and courage in their company. Done in pencil and oil on paper, the attractive full-page presentation of picture and text will delight young and older alike." Kirkus Reviews "Forty stories of Christian saints from the first millennium are illustrated with appropriately gorgeous, pencil-and-oils-on-paper art." Booklist "This compilation of saints almost feels like a throwback to another era. . . . Each saint gets a lovely oil-and-pencil portrait that takes up a third of the page and an overview of his or her life." School Library Journal "Opulently illustrated. . . For those interested in sharing inspiring stories of Christian devotion with children, this volume is well designed, attractive, and easy to use." Prairie Messenger "A book as beautifully illuminated, designed and printed as this artistic testimony to the lives of 40 saints from the first millennium drawn from the eastern and western churches will be treasured by all who find comfort and courage in their company. Done in pencil and oil on paper, the attractive full-page presentation of picture and text will delight young and older alike."

About the Author:

Ruth Sanderson has illustrated many books for children. Her artistic style is inspired by Renaissance art, icons, illuminated manuscripts, old engravings and woodcuts. She lives in Easthampton, Massachussetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0802853323
• ISBN 13: 9780802853325
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40