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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

1-135-87971-0

1-280-06318-1

0-203-32486-2

9780203324868

OCLC:

133170612