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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- The words religion and art
- A very brief history of religion in art
- How some scholars deal with the question
- Five stories
- Kim
- Rehema
- Brian
- Ria
- Joel
- Kim's story explained: the end of religious art
- Rehema's story explained: the creation of new faiths
- Brian's story explained: art that is critical of religion
- Ria's story explained: how artists try to burn away religion
- Joel's story explained: unconscious religion
- Some words to describe spiritual art
- Conclusions.