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Sacred to the Touch Nordic and Baltic Religious Wood Carving / Thomas A. DuBois.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DuBois, Thomas A. 1960- Author.
- Series:
- New directions in Scandinavian studies.
- New directions in Scandinavian studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wood-carving--Themes, motives.
- Religious articles.
- Cultural awareness.
- Cultural awareness--Baltic States.
- Cultural awareness--Scandinavia.
- Religious articles--Baltic States.
- Religious articles--Scandinavia.
- Wood-carving--Baltic States--Themes, motives.
- Wood-carving.
- Wood-carving--Scandinavia--Themes, motives.
- Scandinavia.
- Baltic States.
- Genre:
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Aufsatzsammlung.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- With near-mythical forests of birch and pine, the Nordic and Baltic countries boast a rich tradition of religious wood carving that is in many ways emblematic of their cultures. Sacred to the Touch examines the spiritual and intellectual projects of six twentieth- and twenty-first-century artists who have adapted and revitalized this tradition. Through interviews and analyses, folklorist Thomas A. DuBois explores the notions of continuity with the past that these artists seek to express through their art, examining the forest church of late Finnish artist Eva Ryynänen, the carvings of Norwegian Americans Phillip Odden and Else Bigton that decorate a planned replica of a stave church in Southern California, the medieval Catholic-rooted work of Lutheran Sister Lydia Mariadotter (Swedish), the grave markers and roadside figures of Algimantas Sakalauskas (Lithuanian), and the merging of Lutheran and pre-Christian traditions by Lars Levi Sunna (Sámi). With color photographs and detailed descriptions, Sacred to the Touch reveals the interplay of tradition with personal and communal identity that characterize modern religious carving in Northern Europe.
- Contents:
- Eva Ryynänen
- Phillip Odden and Else Bigton
- Sister Lydia Mariadotter
- Lars Levi Sunna
- Algimantas Sakalauskas.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-192) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780295742427
- 0295742429
- OCLC:
- 989726848
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