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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817146003321

Titolo

The visual culture of American religions / / edited by David Morgan & Sally Promey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001

ISBN

0-520-92561-0

1-59734-981-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MorganDavid <1957->

PromeySally M. <1953->

Disciplina

291.3/7

Soggetti

Art and religion - United States

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. 287-382) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Public Display of Religion; 2. For Christ and the Republic; 3. America's Church; 4. Architecture as Community Service; 5. Catholic Envy; 6. Robert Gober's "Virgin" Installation; 7. Visual Religion in Media Culture; 8. From Presentation to Representation in Sioux Sun Dance Painting; 9. William Sidney Mount and the Hermetic Tradition in American Art ; 10. Transforming Images; 11. Visualizing God's Silence; 12. Greetings from Faith; 13. "When Jesus Handed Me a Ticket"

14. American Protestant Bible Illustration from Copper Plates to ComputersNotes; Selected Bibliography; Profiles of Archives and Collections; List of Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Contemporary artists have often clashed with conservative American evangelicals in recent years, giving the impression that art and religion are fundamentally at odds. Yet historically, artistic images have played a profound role in American religious life.