Breaking Resemblance : The Role of Religious Motifs in Contemporary Art.
Alena. Alexandrova
Bok Engelsk 2017 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (283 pages)
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| Opplysninger | Cover -- BREAKING RESEMBLANCE -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Situating Contemporary Art and Religion -- 1. Veronicas and Artists -- 2. Breaking the Religious Image: Reinventing Religion in Art -- 3. Between Critical Displacements and Spiritual Affirmations -- 4. Images between Religion and Art -- 5. The Video Veronicas of Bill Viola -- 6. Images That Do Not Rest: The Installations of Lawrence Malstaf -- 7. Illusionism Cut: The Painting of Victoria Reynolds -- 8. The Body Recast: The Sculpture of Berlinde de Bruyckere -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.. - The book explores the complex relationship between contemporary art and religion. It focuses on the ways artists re-appropriate religious motifs as a means to reflect critically on our desire to believe in images, on the history of seeing them, and on their double power - iconic and political.
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| ISBN | 9780823274505
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