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On the strange place of religion in contemporary art /
For millennia, art has been religious - even in times and places when there was no word for 'art'. Then, in the Renaissance, it became possible for art to glorify the artist, making viewers think more of his skills than of the subjects he portrayed. The modern artist faces a more complex d...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For millennia, art has been religious - even in times and places when there was no word for 'art'. Then, in the Renaissance, it became possible for art to glorify the artist, making viewers think more of his skills than of the subjects he portrayed. The modern artist faces a more complex dilemma - one that no art historian has talked about until now. Can contemporary art say anything about spirituality? Is contemporary art is spiritual? What might it mean to say that the art you make expresses your spiritual belief?The Impossibility of Transcendence is about the curious disconnect between spir. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 136 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-132) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203324862 9780203324868 9780415969888 0415969883 9780415969895 0415969891 9786610063185 6610063184 9781135879716 1135879710 9781135879662 1135879664 9781135879709 1135879702 1280063181 9781280063183 |