On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art

Name: On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art
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ISBN: 9780415969895

ISBN-10: 0415969891

ISBN-13: 9780415969895

Edition: 2005

Authors: James Elkins

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Religion and serious art have grown apart. While Sister Wendy speaks eloquently about modern art as if it were all religious, art historians distance themselves from the very idea of spirituality. And yet there is a tremendous amount of religious art outside the art world. 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? John Updike calls…

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/4/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 148
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.02" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



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


Notes


Index