LEADER 02961nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910451206303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-87971-0 010 $a1-280-06318-1 010 $a0-203-32486-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000252377 035 $a(EBL)199670 035 $a(OCoLC)133170612 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000305077 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11224248 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000305077 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10285491 035 $a(PQKB)10809625 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC199670 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL199670 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10094291 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL6318 035 $a(OCoLC)57172890 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000252377 100 $a20040614d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn the strange place of religion in contemporary art$b[electronic resource] /$fJames Elkins 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (149 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-96988-3 311 $a0-415-96989-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [117]-132) and index. 327 $aBook 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; 330 $aFor 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 606 $aArt and religion 606 $aModernism (Art) 606 $aArt$xStudy and teaching (Higher)$zUnited States$vCase studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArt and religion. 615 0$aModernism (Art) 615 0$aArt$xStudy and teaching (Higher) 676 $a704.9/48/09045 700 $aElkins$b James$f1955-$0847219 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451206303321 996 $aOn the strange place of religion in contemporary art$91900902 997 $aUNINA