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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451206303321

Autore

Elkins James <1955->

Titolo

On the strange place of religion in contemporary art [[electronic resource] /] / James Elkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-87971-0

1-280-06318-1

0-203-32486-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Disciplina

704.9/48/09045

Soggetti

Art and religion

Modernism (Art)

Art - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-132) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; The Words Religion and Art; A Very Brief History of Religion in Art; How Some Scholars Deal with the Question; Five Stories; 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;

Sommario/riassunto

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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Record Nr.

UNICASUFI0357188

Titolo

Studi sull'Umbria medievale e umanistica : in ricordo di Olga Marinelli, Pier Lorenzo Meloni, Ugolino Nicolini / a cura di Mauro Donnini ed Enrico Menestò

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Spoleto, : Centro italiano di studi sull'alto Medioevo, 2000

ISBN

8879889494

Descrizione fisica

X, 577 p., [11] c. di tav. : ill., c. geogr. ; 24 cm.

Collana

Biblioteca del Centro per il collegamento degli studi medievali e umanistici in Umbria ; 20

Disciplina

945.65

Soggetti

Umbria - Civilta - Sec. 8.-16

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia