Veiled Presence: Body and drapery from Giotto to Titian, by Paul Hills

20 March 2020

ALAMY

Giovanni Bellini’s Madonna of the Pear, c.1488, in which the Virgin and Child appear in front of a watered-silk cloth-of-honour, is one of the paintings analysed in terms of the drapery by Paul Hills, Professor Emeritus of Renaissance Art at the Courtauld Institute, in Veiled Presence: Body and drapery from Giotto to Titian (Yale, £45 (£40.50); 978-0-300-23675-0). Hills studies the Christian symbolism of veils, including swaddling and shrouds, renewed in this period of art, and explores how drapery both clothes the person and composes the picture

Browse Church and Charity jobs on the Church Times jobsite

Books & Arts

The Theology of George MacDonald, by John R. de Jong

20 Mar 2020

Coming up this week on TV and on Radio

20 Mar 2020

The Eucharistic Faith, by Ralph McMichael

20 Mar 2020

New titles just published

20 Mar 2020

Radio review: File on 4 and In Our Time

20 Mar 2020

Visual arts: Van Eyck: An Optical Revolution, at MSK Gent in Belgium

20 Mar 2020

Church Times Bookshop

Save money on books reviewed or featured in the Church Times. To get your reader discount:

> Click on the “Church Times Bookshop” link at the end of the review.

> Call 01603 785905 (Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm).

The reader discount is valid for two months after the review publication date. E&OE

Forthcoming Events

Women Mystics: Female Theologians through Christian History

13 January - 19 May 2025

An online evening lecture series, run jointly by Sarum College and The Church Times

tickets available

Church growth under the microscope: a Church Times & Modern Church webinar

29 May 2025

This online seminar, run jointly by Modern Church and The Church Times, discusses the theology underpinning the drive for growth.

tickets available

Visit our Events page for upcoming and past events

jobs.CHURCHTIMES

Job of the Week

Priest

South West

The Bishop of Gloucester seeks to appoint a priest to serve in this diverse and vibrant benefice. The worshipping community, centred on the church of St James, is deeply embedded in the local community.

Clerical

Priest in Charge

West Midlands

We are a community of ten churches in eight beautiful rural Staffordshire parishes operating as one in our aim to grow the numbers of people touched by the gospel through our church services and by outreach into our communities. We are praying for the person God is calling to join us here in Mid Trent.

House for Duty Priest in Charge

South East

We are a Local Ecumenical Partnership located in the north-east of Chelmsford that is seeking a Priest who will lead us into a new season of ministry.

Rector

East Anglia

Situated in the beautiful Suffolk countryside.

Team Rector

South East

We are seeking a new Rector who is excited by the opportunity to lead a thriving town centre church and to equip our team of churches for mission and discipleship.

Find more jobs

The Church Times Archive

Read reports from issues stretching back to 1863, search for your parish or see if any of the clergy you know get a mention.

FREE for Church Times subscribers.

Explore the archive

Veiled Presence: Body and drapery from Giotto to Titian, by Paul Hills

Other stories

Sewing stories: unpicking the faith of girls past

Pussy Riot and the Passion

1600-leaf tapestry puts Christian imagery at heart of church hall in Scotland

Angela Tilby: Gormley’s simplicity of vision

Art review: John Ruskin: The Power of Seeing

Much more than matchstick men

Books & Arts