Drawn to the Word : The Bible and Graphic Design / Amanda Dillon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dillon, Amanda, author.

Series:

Bible and its reception ; Volume 4.

Bible and Its Reception Series ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian art and symbolism--20th century.

Christian art and symbolism.

Graphic arts.

Bible--Illustrations.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, GA : SBL Press, [2021]

Summary:

"How artists portrayed the Bible in large canvas paintings is frequently the subject of scholarly exploration, yet the presentation of biblical texts in contemporary graphic designs has been largely ignored. In this book Amanda Dillon engages multimodal analysis, a method of semiotic discourse, to explore how visual composition, texture, color, directionality, framing, angle, representations, and interactions produce potential meanings for biblical graphic designs, particularly in the woodcuts of Meinrad Craighead for the Roman Catholic Sunday Missal and the illustrations of Nicholas Markell for the worship books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Figures

Abbreviations

Introduction

Biblical Reception History

A Social Semiotics of the Visual

Liturgy and Lectionary in Biblical Reception History

Color

Silhouette

A Semiotic Analysis of the Graphic Design Easter

A Semiotic Analysis of the Graphic Design Christ Yesterday and Today

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Ancient Sources Index

Modern Authors Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780884145448

0884145441

OCLC:

1281978803