Sadistic Iconography. Portraits and Stories of Martyrs and Saints

If you are fascinated by the mysteries and riddles of art, hidden symbols in paintings, you enjoy solving puzzles and learning new things — then this book is for you! From this book, you will learn how Thecla of Iconium... befriended hungry wild lions, why pastries in the shape of a woman's breast are made in Sicily, what the mystical betrothal of Saint Catherine of Alexandria is, and much more. "Sadistic Iconography" is a book that is not about sadism at all, but about the horrors, adventures, and trials that the first Christian martyrs and saints endured. But this scary tale has a happy ending! Christian iconography has been a source of inspiration for artists and sculptors for many centuries. The amazing book you hold in your hands will tell you how the extraordinary fates of the first Christian martyrs and saints were whimsically embodied in the art of different eras. From the book "Sadistic Iconography. Portraits and Stories of Martyrs and Saints," you will learn how these women lived, what feats and miracles they performed in the name of their faith, how artists depicted them and why. This book will help you unravel many mysteries of European art. If you enjoyed the book "Iconographic Lawlessness" by Sergey Zotova, then "Sadistic Iconography" will reveal to you another, unexplored aspect of European art! Alina Nikonova is an art historian, museologist, and art popularizer, candidate of art studies, author of several bestsellers about art and a popular blog on LiveJournal dedicated to art nikonova_alina.livejournal.com, creator and curator of the Memorial Museum of N.K. Guselnikov "The Creative Person" in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region.