Eretica : the transcendent and the profane in contemporary art / Demetrio Paparoni [editor].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Paparoni, Demetrio.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Good and evil in art.

Spirituality in art.

Religion in art.

Transcendence (Philosophy) in art.

Art, Modern--20th century.

Art, Modern.

Art, Modern--21st century.

Physical Description:

263 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Milan : Skira ; New York : distributed in North America by Rizzoli International, 2007.

Summary:

Focusing on concepts of spirituality, Heretics looks at themes such as the contrast between good and evil, sacredness, and the relationship between eroticism, sex, and death in the production of forty contemporary artists, including Marina Abramovic, Nobuyoshi Araki, Vanessa Beecroft, Robert Mapplethorpe, Paul McCarthy, and Joel-Peter Witkin. This richly illustrated anthology includes critical essays by prominent philosophers, anthropologists, and art historians such as Gore Vidal, Faye Waddleton, Jean Baudrillard, Arthur C. Danto, Vito Mancuso, Michel Maffesoli, Pierre Riches, Julien Ries, Arturo Schwarz, and others.

Contents:

Piety and rebellion / Demetrio Paparoni

Perfection and perdition / Gianni Mercurio

Sanctity and depravity / Roger Caillois

The flesh in sacrifice and in love / Georges Bataille

The eroticism or divinity of evil versus the God of good / Georges Bataille

The question of the sacred / Julie Ries

The fall of Satan / Pierre Riches

The concept of the body in Judaism / Arturo Schwarz

Who is the serpent? / Vito Mancuso

Dangerous art / Arthur C. Danto

On the necessity of evil and Hell / Jean Baudrillard

The devil's side / Michel Maffesoli

Pornography / Gore Vidal.

ISBN:

9788861300699

8861300693

OCLC:

124986154