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On the strange place of religion in contemporary art / James Elkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elkins, James, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and religion.
- Modernism (Art).
- Art--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--Case studies.
- Art.
- Art--Study and teaching (Higher).
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 136 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2004.
- 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
- 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:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [117]-132) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415969883
- 0415969891
- OCLC:
- 55665474
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