Religious and ceremonial arts Books
SPCK Publishing The Cross and Creation in Christian Liturgy and
Book SynopsisGives an account of various movements in art and their relation to the visual and in churches and in liturgy, for example the Franciscan movement, different approaches to the crucifixion, the restoration of creation. It recovers the links between the cross and creation, and relates the baptismal covenant to a commitment to care for creation.Trade ReviewIn this important and wide-ranging book, Christopher Irvine explores the two-way relationship between worship and art. More specifically, he examines the use of imagery related to the cross with reference to its liturgical environment and associated rituals. The opening chapter encourages us to ‘see liturgically’ and compares the meanings of works of art as exhibited in galleries with those located and used in places of worship. Thus our understanding of religious art is related to the distinctive activity of the worship space wherein the artwork is or was located. A discussion of the Isenheim altarpiece in its entirety, rather than solely at the figure of Christ crucified, as well as to consider the impact and effect of the altarpiece in its original liturgical setting. The panel beneath the central crucifixion scene (the predella) which depicts the lamentation, or burial, of Christ was originally positioned along the back edge of the stone mensa. It would, then, have brought a visual correspondence between the physical body of Christ and the sacramental body of Christ in the lowering of the bread by the celebrant after the dominical words. This is but one example. In the second chapter, Irvine goes on to discuss in more detail a range of altarpieces in relation to the lines of sight existing between the congregation and the liturgical action at the altar, in order to demonstrate that these pieces were integral to the rite and its meaning. In subsequent chapters different aspects of cross imagery are discussed. ‘The Cross in Blood’ is concerned primarily with images in which the blood from the crucified Christ is depicted as being collected in chalices and so forth, and associated with the Eucharist. Following an interesting investigation of the complexity of the symbolism of blood, from anthropological, historical and scriptural standpoints, this evolves toward consideration of a broader sense of a ‘living cross drenched in blood’ (70), and of a regenerative life-force expressed as ‘The Cross in Bloom’ (62). Further chapters entitled ‘The Noble Tress’, ‘The Living Cross’ and ‘The Tree of Life’ explore in more detail such broader imagery of the cross: as an emblem of victory, a source of the renewal of creation and a sign of the whole mystery of God’s saving work. In so doing, the narrative takes us with Egeria to experience the Holy Week liturgies of fourth-century Jerusalem, to the papal liturgies of seventh- or eighth-century Rome, and via Syrian and Ethiopian rites to the modern day paintings of Norman Adams, the life and work of St Francis (whose experience with the cross at San Damiano was integral to his calling), the architecture and art of Assisi, and Franciscan spirituality and writing. These chapters are perhaps the heart of the book, as they bring to life our Christian heritage as seen through the lens of the cross. The book about the living liturgy of the church in ages past and present, and about the very real role that art plays in the liturgy as well as in our understanding of it. The final chapter brings the reader full circle, and looks at the design, structure and decoration of baptismal fonts and baptisteries, focusing on the three interwoven themes of entering into the mystery of Christ’s death and resurrection, re-birth through water and the spirit and the flourishing of a new creation. The book uses a wide range of examples, including illustrated liturgical books, church architecture, mosaics, paintings, stone and painted crosses, poetry, sermons, hymns, daily offices and other liturgical texts, ranging across the centuries, and from diverse origins including Syrians, Armenian, Ethiopian, Anglo-Saxon, Franciscan sources. These are interwoven throughout with scriptural references and reflections. All of this makes for an interesting read and the imagery is well developed. Pricing and readership considerations may have prevented the inclusion of more illustrations, and while the pictorial examples are described in detail by the author, more illustrations would make the book more accessible. As it is, one is led to read the book alongside Google Images. That aside, this is an engrossing book for anyone interested in our worshipping heritage, and will likely encourage the reader to think more creatively and broadly about the cross, both liturgically and in personal devotion. -- Kathryn Naylor * Anaphora 9.1 (June 2015) *In surmising this book, I can’t do better than to quote from the Foreword by Rowan Williams: ‘The ancient symbolism of the cross as the tree of life in the garden of God’s presence is shown to be of cardinal importance to our fuller understanding of what is done once and for all on Calvary.’ Further ‘This study challenges any view of Christ’s crucifixion that reduces it either to a human tragedy or to a transaction that saves souls.’ In terms of a discussion of Christian art per se and physical presentation, this book cannot compete with the one by Richard Harries which was featured in a recent issue of this magazine. However, the value of Irvine’s book is in its theological treatment of the themes depicted in Christian art, and as Williams makes clear in his Foreword, the author has provided us with a readable and rich account of how Christian art and liturgy have interpreted the events of Good Friday over the centuries. Seeing the cross as the tree of life helps us realise the full extent of Christ’s redeeming act – the cross and resurrection are about the recreation of all that is, and the restoration of our intended place before God – which is so much more than a ‘paying back’ of the debt that is due to our sin, which is all too frequently the emphasis of our hymnody and preaching. That the cross is the tree of life in the garden of God’s presence and as such is a re-ordering of creation is surely the real good news that we have to proclaim. -- Marion Gray * The Reader *
£18.89
University of Texas Press Our Lady of Controversy
Book Synopsis Months before Alma López''s digital collage Our Lady was shown at the Museum of International Folk Art in 2001, the museum began receiving angry phone calls from community activists and Catholic leaders who demanded that the image not be displayed. Protest rallies, prayer vigils, and death threats ensued, but the provocative image of la Virgen de Guadalupe (hands on hips, clad only in roses, and exalted by a bare-breasted butterfly angel) remained on exhibition. Highlighting many of the pivotal questions that have haunted the art world since the NEA debacle of 1988, the contributors to Our Lady of Controversy present diverse perspectives, ranging from definitions of art to the artist''s intention, feminism, queer theory, colonialism, and Chicano nationalism. Contributors include the exhibition curator, Tey Marianna Nunn; award-winning novelist and Chicana historian Emma Pérez; and Deena González (recognized as one of the fifty most importaTrade Review"An exceptionally important and powerful collection of essays, opening new interpretive paths and new tools for the activist-scholar-student. This is the most serious consideration of the oeuvre of Alma Lopez published to date." - --Charlene Villasenor Black, Associate Professor of Art History, UCLA "This book has many great and laudable qualities. First, it doesn't "wax poetic" or try to sound overly intellectual, just strict reporting of events. Secondly, the plain tone of the writing allows for balanced and unbiased reporting; it gives equal weight to both the artist and her critics, without passing judgment on either. The author respects the fact that the icons are important to some people, and Lopez' artwork isn't something they're accustomed to." - Olive Branch United blogTable of Contents Acknowledgments Our Lady of Controversy: A Subject That Needs No Introduction (Alicia Gaspar de Alba) 1. The Artist of Our Lady (April 2, 2001) (Alma López) 2. It's Not about the Art in the Folk, It's about the Folks in the Art: A Curator's Tale (Tey Marianna Nunn) 3. The War of the Roses: Guadalupe, Alma López, and Santa Fe (Kathleen FitzCallaghan Jones) 4. Making Privates Public: It's Not about La Virgen of the Conquest, but about the Conquest of La Virgen (Deena J. González) 5. Art Comes for the Archbishop: The Semiotics of Contemporary Chicana Feminism and the Work of Alma López (Luz Calvo) 6. Queering the Sacred: Love as Oppositional Consciousness in Alma López's Visual Art (Clara Román-Odio) 7. The Decolonial Virgin in a Colonial Site: It's Not about the Gender in My Nation, It's about the Nation in My Gender (Emma Pérez) 8. It's Not about the Virgins in My Life, It's about the Life in My Virgins (Cristina Serna) 9. Do U Think I'm a Nasty Girl? (Catrióna Rueda Esquibel) 10. Devil in a Rose Bikini: The Second Coming of Our Lady in Santa Fe (Alicia Gaspar de Alba) 11. It's Not about the Santa in My Fe, but about the Santa Fe in My Santa (Alma López) Appendix: Selected Viewer Comments About the Contributors Index
£21.59
University of Texas Press Visualizing Guadalupe
Book SynopsisSpanning some three hundred years, this masterful study of the transmission of the Virgin of Guadalupe from Spain to the Americas and back again explores the subjectivity of seeing and the power of an image at the intersection of religion and politics.Trade ReviewIncredibly thorough in both research and analysis, this book sets a standard for scholars of Spanish and Mexican art, religion, and culture. * Library Journal *The book expands the understanding of the connections between sacred representations and the ways they are envisioned by different communities of the faithful. . . . Future researches on Latin American sacred art and Mexican culture in general will indeed be inspired by Visualizing Guadalupe. * The Americas *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction: The Subjectivity of Seeing Chapter 1: The Sacrality of Blackness Chapter 2: “Because She Was of Their Color” Chapter 3: Her Presence in Her Absence Chapter 4: Making Guadalupe Chapter 5: A “Book of Miracles” Chapter 6: Sacred Cloth and Veiled Body Chapter 7: Aura and Authorship Chapter 8: The Civil/Savage Paradox Chapter 9: The Viceroys and the Virgin Chapter 10: Collecting Guadalupe Notes Bibliography Index
£45.00
University of Washington Press Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this beautifully illustrated and carefully researched book, Chanchani offers an innovative breakthrough study of the religion, art, architecture, and culture of the northern Ganga River and central Himalayan area. . . . This study is as pleasurable to read as it is informative. The ideas Chanchani puts forth are provocative and will interest scholars, in various disciplines, who work on the region. Nonspecialists who are curious about the region will also appreciate this work." * CHOICE *"[A]n indispensable resource." * The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians *"[B]eautifully written, deeply engrossing, and insightfully interdisciplinary book." * Journal of Asian Studies *"This delightful, well-illustrated study of Central Himalayan temple architecture and statuary marks a significant addition to the history of Uttarakhand." * The Indian Economic and Social History Review *"The author’s holistic approach is particularly stimulating; he does not look at temples simply as archaeological monuments inserted into an often-blurry historical context, but as symptoms of larger phenomena that he investigates, combining geographical, ecological, literary, historical, political, social, epigraphical, religious, cultural, stylistic and architectural perspectives." * Arts Asiatiques *"An essential text for art historians, central Himalayan scholars, or anyone interested in artifact-based research. It is carefully and incisively written, visually lush with over 100 images...and almost every chapter has a dedicated map focused on that chapter’s sites." * Reading Religion *
£76.87
University of Washington Press Climate Change and the Art of Devotion
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A ground-breaking contribution to the emerging field of eco–art history, the book examines architecture, paintings, photography, and prints created in Braj alongside theological treatises and devotional poetry to foreground seepages between the natural ecosystem and cultural production. The paintings of deified rivers, temples that emulate fragrant groves, and talismanic bleeding rocks that Ray discusses will captivate readers interested in environmental humanities and South Asian art history." * South Asia Research Note *"A wonderfully imaginative addition to the growing body of literature on the Little Ice Age. Sugata Ray traces the influence of climatic variations on South Asian art, architecture and devotional practices with extraordinary interpretive skill. This book is a must read for everyone with an interest in human responses to climate variability." -- Amitav Ghosh * author blog *"By opening art history to questions about how humans have thought about the earth, and how art and religion have been shaped by human changes and natural disruptions to the earth, Ray’s brilliant book guides us to new problems, and to new ways of thinking about art" * H-Asia (H-Net) *"This is an excellent book that is well worth reading. Sugata Ray is a very good writer, and Climate Change and the Art of Devotion was impressively researched." * Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JAAR) / Reading Religion *"This is a thought-provoking work whose greatest contribution is that it carves a path for new studies that may extend our understanding of the deep and complex interrelationships among geoaesthetics, ecology, spiritual practice, and the built environment in early modern India." * Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians *"[E]nchanting and compelling. Ray musters visual and textual evidence for an original approach to representations of the natural environment in art and temple architecture devoted to the god Krishna during a three-hundred-year time span, 1550-1850." * The Middle Ground *"[T]he methodologies entailed in geoaesthetics and eco art history open up new avenues for understanding the history of Braj religion and art in particular, and the cultural dynamics of climate change more broadly. As we enter ever more deeply into the Anthropocene, scholarship such as Ray’s will be increasingly important." * Journal of Religion *"To call the methodology of this book transdisciplinary does not do justice to this well-constructed and beautiful masterpiece...Climate Change and the Art of Devotion is a must-read for all who care about religion and ecology, religion and art history, Indian philosophy and religion, Asian art, art history, and geoaesthetics." * Reading Religion *
£78.14
University of Washington Press Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries
Book SynopsisClarifies the significance and function of reliquaries from excavations of Gandharan monastery sites around modern Peshawar
£78.14
Yale University Press The Glory of Saint George
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first-ever survey of artistic depictions of the legend of Saint George defeating the dragon. The earliest existing references to this episode in the hagiography of Saint George date from the 11th century, and the mythical conflict has entertained the imaginations of artists ever since. Copiously illustrated, this book includes varied representations in painting, sculpture, engraving, and more by artists from Raphael and Peter Paul Rubens to Odilon Redon and Andy Warhol. In addition, the artists David Claerbout, Giuseppe Penone, Luc Tuymans, and Angel Vergara Santiago have been invited to contribute their own interpretations of the story, and these new works are also featured. The contemporary perspective is further explored in the book through essays that trace the shifting resonance of the allegory, positing that it has evolved to become symbolic of man's internal struggle as he attempts to fulfill his destiny. Distributed for MercatorfondsExhibition Schedule:Musée des Arts Contemporains au Grand-Hornu (10/18/1501/17/16)
£33.25
Yale University Press Unorthodox
Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging and thought-provoking compilation explores the idea of nonconformity in art, religion, and philosophy. The book features 55 contemporary artists who work outside the norms of current practice, alongsideboth newly commissioned and previously published texts which, taken together, provide an astute sampling of recent perspectives on art and ideas. Among the artists whose work is featured are Margit Anna, Clayton Bailey, Tony Cox, Abu Bakarr Mansaray, Birgit Megerle, Philip Smith, and Keiichi Tanaami. The accompanying texts include classic works by Sigmund Freud and Leo Steinberg, reprinted with new commentary by Mark Edmundson and Joshua Decter, respectively; a recent essay on unorthodoxy in Judaism by Alan T. Levenson with a response by Jack Wertheimer; and a previously unpublished meditation on Aby Warburg's art history by Georges Didi-Huberman.Distributed for the Jewish Museum, New YorkExhibition Schedule:Jewish Museum, New York 11/06/15-03/27/16
£15.00
WW Norton & Co Chartres Cathedral Norton Critical Studies in Art
Book SynopsisModeled on the highly successful Norton Critical Editions, this series offers illuminating introductions to major monuments of painting, sculpture, and architecture.
£18.58
University of California Press A Complex Delight
Book SynopsisLooking at painting and sculpture from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, this work focuses on the symbolism of the female breast to open an interpretive view of Western European history.Trade Review"A note of hope and a gesture toward a more erotic and mystical future." Church History "[A] slender, provocative volume... Miles has delivered a careful analysis that will prove essential and an enjoyable read." -- Preston Yancey TranspositionsTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The Secularization of the Breast PART ONE: THE RELIGIOUS BREAST Chapter 2: The Virgin's One Bare Breast Chapter 3: Mary Magdalen's Penitent Breast PART TWO: THE SECULAR BREAST Chapter 4: The Anatomical Breast Chapter 5: The Pornographic Breast Afterword: A Complex Delight Select Bibliography List of Illustrations Index
£56.80
University of California Press The Religious Art of Pablo Picasso
Book SynopsisPresents an examination of Pablo Picasso's use of religious imagery and the religious import of many of his works with secular subject matter.Trade Review"[Dillenberger] provides a fresh outlook that connects [Picasso] to the spiritual upbringing in his childhood and the classical past world of art." Library Journal "... a powerful study... Dillenberger argues powerfully that Picasso, too, was in his best works searching to express the presence of transcendence in the here and now, seeking 'some other realm of feeling and thought where he, too, despite his profession of atheism, could take part in the Christian drama as it unfolded under his own hand'." -- Charles Pickstone Art & Christianity EnquiryTable of ContentsForeword Michael Morris, OP Preface Jane Dillenberger 1. The Crucifixion 2. The Early Years 3. Picasso and the Church 4. Guernica: Ultimate Concern 5. The Corrida and the Sketchbooks of the 195s Notes Selected Bibliography List of Illustrations Index
£28.90
University of California Press The Forge of Vision A Visual History of Modern
Book SynopsisTells the history of Christianity from the sixteenth century by selecting the visual themes of faith that have profoundly influenced its development. This book examines a variety of Christian visual practices, ranging from the imagination, visions of nationhood, the likeness of Jesus, and the role of modern art as a spiritual quest.Trade Review"David Morgan's impressive new book navigates a much contested terrain." Art and ChristianityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. WORD AND IMAGE 1. The Shape of the Holy 2. The Visible Word PART II. THE TRAFFIC OF IMAGES 3. Religion as Sacred Economy 4. The Agency of Words 5. Christianity and Nationhood 6. The Likeness of Jesus 7. Modern Art and Christianity Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£28.90
University of California Press Puja and Piety Hindu Jain and Buddhist Art from
Book SynopsisCelebrates the complexity of South Asian representation and iconography by examining the relationship between aesthetic expression and the devotional practice, or puja, in the three native religions of the Indian subcontinent. This title presents 150 objects created over the past two millennia for temples, home worship, festivals, and more.Trade Review"... a visually stunning coffee table conversation piece, and a stellar tool for use in a classroom to provide graphic, tactical examples of function and worship. Puja and Piety is a photographic journey exploring the intricate relationship that art holds within religion and lived spirituality." Reading Religion
£56.80
University of California Press Passion Relics and the Medieval Imagination
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Passion Relics and the Medieval Imagination] tackles for the first time a very large subject: how relics were displayed in the Middle Ages. . . . This is a small book with an important message for art historians." * Art Newspaper *"Provides an expert synthesis of current scholarship, a welcome introduction for students desiring a toehold in recent literature. . . . a useful summary of recent research on how the instruments of Christ’s Passion were displayed and venerated in the Middle Ages." * Times Higher Education *"Hahn’s writing is very readable and accessible to veteran scholars in history, art history, and religious studies, as well as to nonspecialists and the general public. . . . This book promises to have a large impact on future study of the cult of Passion relics." * Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies *"One can hardly engage in study of the medieval relic without consulting the scholarship of Cynthia Hahn. . . . Like the slivers of wood of True Cross relics, this book is small but powerful. With characteristic clarity and poetic style, Hahn presents the distinct kind of perspective that comes from a seasoned and creative scholar." * Reading Religion *"In her introduction, Hahn expresses a hope that her work will be accessible to students, advanced scholars, and the curious public. With this book, she has successfully achieved this goal; it is a rich and engaging contribution to the study of Passion relics." * Journal of Medieval Religious Culture *"A miniature treasury in itself. . . .well ordered and energetically presented. Academics will enjoy the lively, well-informed prose of a scholar who has been thinking about the potential and powers of relics, particularly relics in their connections with human behavior, for many years." * West 86th *"Hahn’s monograph is a highly engaging and tightly argued study on the Passion relic as it developed at the nexus of imperialism, power, and the rise of devotional objects in early Christianity." * Religion and the Arts *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Lure of Passion Relics, the Power of the Cross The True Cross Cross—Sign, Image, Thing, Relic The Relic and Its Dispersal—Emperors, Churchmen, and Crusaders Jerusalem Crosses and the Toulouse Châsse 2. Passion Relics: Strength in Unity Instruments of Torture Passion Relics as Th ings Passion Relics Collected Devotion to Passion Relics The Arma Christi Conclusion Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations Index Biblical Citations
£35.70
University of California Press Ajanta
£63.90
Harvard University Press Giotto and His Publics
Book SynopsisThis probing analysis of three of Giotto’s major works and the patrons who commissioned them goes beyond the clichés of Giotto as the founding figure of Western painting. It traces the interactions between Franciscan friars and powerful bankers and illuminates the complex interactions between mercantile wealth and the iconography of poverty.Trade ReviewOne of Julian Gardner’s most significant contributions to the study of late medieval Italian art has been to move the focus of discussion away from style and attribution to context and patronage, and readers expecting such a treatment of Giotto will not be disappointed… It examines the reciprocal relationship between painter and patron, and how the ingenuity of the former satisfied the intellectual, religious and social needs of the latter… It represents a sort of summa, building on the author’s research over some forty years, each word chosen carefully for maximum impact, and each sentence concise yet pregnant with meaning. The text is accompanied by an exceptionally rich scholarly apparatus. -- John Osborne * Burlington Magazine *The expertise of distinguished scholar Gardner reveals itself in every page of this small volume… Gardner has numerous insights about content, patronage, and historical background, and he is especially sensitive to the artistic expression of Franciscan values and concerns. His characterization of the absence of minoritas, or Franciscan humility, in the paintings in Assisi and Florence seems particularly apt. His essays lead readers to look at the paintings anew—both the familiar images, such as the Bardi Chapel frescoes, and the often-overlooked Assisi allegories. -- J. I. Miller * Choice *
£33.96
Harvard University, Asia Center Picturing Heaven in Early China Harvard East
Book SynopsisTian, or Heaven, had been used in China since the Western Zhou to indicate both the sky and the highest god. Examining excavated materials, Lillian Tseng shows how Han-dynasty artisans transformed various notions of Heaven—as the mandate, the fantasy, and the sky—into pictorial entities, not by what they looked at, but by what they looked into.Trade ReviewThis remarkable book readably represents a formidable effort of research, drawing on the rich studies of history, art, and paleography that have accumulated over centuries, and particularly on the last forty years of archeology. Lillian Lan-ying Tseng colligates images that no one earlier has studied side by side, and draws from them quite original conclusions. I find her arguments ambitious, ingenious, and persuasive. . . . They show once and for all that pictures are as important as verbal records for understanding the history of cosmology and astronomy. -- Nathan Sivin, Professor Emeritus of Chinese Culture and of the History of Science, University of PennsylvaniaPicturing Heaven in Early China makes an extremely important contribution to the history of Chinese art, culture, and science. Its comprehensive scope and analytical depth, its confident use of both primary textual sources and archeological evidence, its lucid synthesis of a vast array of scholarly literature . . . and above all, its cogent narrative and conceptual scheme make it the most convenient and reliable go-to volume on the subject. -- Eugene Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, Harvard University
£56.91
Princeton University Press Pontius Pilate AntiSemitism and the Passion in
Book SynopsisPontius Pilate is one of the Bible's best-known villains - but up until the tenth century, artistic imagery appears to have consistently portrayed him as a benevolent Christian and holy symbol of baptism. This book looks at the shifting visual and textual representations of Pilate throughout early Christian and medieval art.Trade Review"I have to admit to being delighted by this latest offering from the director of the Index of Christian Art at Princeton. The path along which Colum Hourihane leads us is copiously illustrated ... and accompanied by scrupulously detailed notes."--Christopher Colven, Art Newspaper "The book ... is splendidly produced and illustrated."--Choice "Pontius Pilate, Anti-Semitism, and the Passion in Medieval Art is likely to stimulate discussion ... for some time to come, so broad is its reach and bounteous its sources. It is a significant accomplishment to begin to bring order to this enormous mass of material; that Hourihane has also produced such a wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated volume is cause for considerable gratitude."--Sarah Lipton, Medieval Review "There is much here to interest the art historian, the medievalist, the church historian, the researcher in the history of anti-Semitism, and the student of the development and transmission of myths and legends."--Sarah Lawson, Art Book "Hourihane has given an admirable, thorough and balanced account of the representation of this enigmatic man, and his book is beautifully produced."--Paul Binski, Journal of Ecclesiastical History "[T]his book is a multifaceted treatment of the iconography of Pontius Pilate and provides a useful compilation of textual and visual representations of his role in the Passion."--Vivian B. Mann, Speculuma Journal of Medieval StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Chapter 1: T he Historical Background and the Role of the Prefect 6 Chapter 2: Primary Sources for the Study of Pilate 13 Philo of Alexandria 13 Josephus 16 The Bible 22 The Talmud and Midrash 23 Apocryphal Material 25 Chapter 3: E arly Christian Writings and Archaeological Evidence 38 Literary Evidence 38 Archaeological Evidence 40 Chapter 4: P ilate as a Sy mbol of the Law 44 Chapter 5: P ilate in Early Christian Art and Thought 52 The Washing of the Hands 68 Pilate and the Waters of Baptism 72 Pilate, the Christian 80 Conclusions 82 Chapter 6: P ilate and the Passion Sequence: The Sixth to the Eleventh Century 84 Ivories 86 Frescoes 93 Manuscripts 94 The Psalms and Pilate 104 Sculpture 111 Pilate's Wife 126 Chapter 7: T he Jewish Beginnings: Characterization in the Eleventh Century 143 Pilate as a Jew 146 The Praetorium 153 Chapter 8: T he Legal Perspective: The Tw elfth Century 171 Pilate: The Jew and Disputational Literature 181 Identifying Separation 190 Extending His Involvement 199 Pilate and the Titulus 201 Joseph of Arimathea before Pilate 204 Pilate Asked to Guard the Sepulcher 208 Barabbas Released 21 The Legends 214 Strong or Weak and Guilt 215 Ecce Homo 220 Chapter 9: P ilate in the Expansion of the Passion: The Thirteenth Century 227 Extending the Repertoire 238 Bible moralisee 245 The Trials 255 The Interrogation before Annas 259 The Trial before Caiaphas 263 The Trial before Herod Antipas 271 The Flagellation 272 Pilate and the Fate of the Jews 289 The Revisionist Image 293\ Chapter 10: T he Established Image in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries 296 Popularization 307 Manuscripts, Books, and Prints 308 Pilate and Judas 324 Panel Paintings 328 Pilate as an Instrument of the Passion 346 An Aged Man 349 Pilate and the Symbol of the Dog 357 Pilate's Textual and Visual Characterization 363 Conclusions 371 Appendix A: Images of Pilate in Early Christian and Late Antique Art 375 Appendix B: The Holy Resurrection 383 Notes 391 Index 451 Photography Credits 463 Contents YU ix
£63.75
Baker Publishing Group For the Beauty of the Church
Book SynopsisThis unique book contributes to a robust, expansive vision for the church and the arts, with insights from Eugene Peterson, Lauren Winner, Jeremy Begbie, Andy Crouch, and John Witvliet.
£14.24
Cornell University Press Sphinx
Book SynopsisSphinxes are legion in Egyptwhat is so special about this one?... We shall take a stroll around the monument itself, scrutinizing its special features and analyzing the changes it experienced throughout its history. The evidence linked to the statue will enable us to trace its evolution... down to the worship it received in the first centuries of our own era, when Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans mingled together in devotion to this colossus, illustrious witness to a past that was already more than two millennia old.from the IntroductionThe Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the few monuments from ancient Egypt familiar to nearly everyone. In a land where the colossal is part of the landscape, it still stands out, the largest known statue in Egypt. Originally constructed as the image of King Chephren, builder of the second of the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx later acquired new fame in the guise of the sun god Harmakhis. Major construction efforts in the New Kingdom and Roman Period transformTrade ReviewChristiane Zivie-Coche's Sphinx: History of a Monument reflects her particular concern with the later history of the Giza sphinx and with the Giza plateau as a whole. This... translation... brings to an anglophone readership a wealth of detail about the appropriation of the sphinx in the New Kingdom and the Late Period, as a monument no longer exclusively tied to the old royal funerary cult but developing a religious status in its own right. * Egyptian Archeology *
£20.39
Johns Hopkins University Press Hogarths Harlot
Book SynopsisAs England's faithful began to worry less about everlasting felicity in heaven and more about life on earth, these diverse artists provided them with new ways of thinking about both their spiritual and their social existence.Trade ReviewThis remarkably learned work argues that... readers need to understand the technicalities of atonement, incarnation, redemption, and mediation to appreciate the parodia sacra of Hogarth's famous series, The Harlot's Progress. Choice 2004 This book is everywhere inventive and suggestive, a pleasure to read through but also to use discontinuously for its erudite commentary on particular texts, prints and paintings. -- Steven N. Zwicker Studies in English Literature 2004 An incomparably rich and suggestive book... It should be required reading for all those scholars of the eighteenth century-from whatever discipline of the humanities-who are interested in ideas and the widening of horizons. -- Min Wild Cercles Even as it advances a provocative argument, Hogarth's Harlot enlarges our enjoyment of Hogarth and his rowdy times. -- Clement Hawes Modern Philology 2005Table of ContentsIntroduction - the sacrament of the Eucharist; Blasphemy and belief - the case of a Harlot's progress; Redemption; Mediation; The end of days; Smart - the Magnificat and Jubilate agno; Blake - the harlot and the Lamb.
£46.35
University of Pennsylvania Press Haunted Visions
Book SynopsisExamining the work of well-known American artists such as James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Frederic Remington, and Mary Cassatt, Charles Colbert demonstrates that Spiritualism played a critical role in the reception of art and the development of modern ways of seeing it.Trade Review"Charles Colbert offers a welcome examination of the nineteenth-century intersections of American art and Spiritualism. An original and substantial contribution in an area that has long been ripe for this kind of focused scholarly attention." * Leigh Eric Schmidt, Washington University in St. Louis *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: The History and Teachings of Spiritualism Chapter 1. Who Speaks for the Dead? Chapter 2. Reenchanting America Chapter 3. Revelations by Daylight Chapter 4. Ghostly Gloamings Chapter 5. Land of Promise Chapter 6. Romantic Conjurations Chapter 7. The Critic as Psychic Chapter 8. Lessons in Clairvoyance Postscript Notes Selected Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
£52.70
University of Pennsylvania Press Thou Art the Man
Book SynopsisHow do we approach the study of masculinity in the past? Ruth Mazo Karras asks. Medieval documents that have come down to us tell a great deal about the things that men did, but not enough about what they did specifically as men, or what these practices meant to them in terms of masculinity. Yet no less than in our own time, masculinity was a complicated construct in the Middle Ages.In Thou Art the Man, Karras focuses on one figure, King David, who was important in both Christian and Jewish medieval cultures, to show how he epitomized many and sometimes contradictory aspects of masculine identity. For late medieval Christians, he was one of the Nine Worthies, held up as a model of valor and virtue; for medieval Jews, he was the paradigmatic king, not just a remnant of the past, but part of a living heritage. In both traditions he was warrior, lover, and friend, founder of a dynasty and a sacred poet. But how could an exemplar of virtue also be a murderer and adulterer? Trade Review"Thou Art The Man is an immensely readable book, both for the novice and expert alike, that leads us to reevaluate and deepen all our assumptions of David’s literary, theological, and artistic representation in the Middle Ages. This is a foundational book that will serve as the groundwork for not only further studies on David but also in that it urges us to think further about the masculinity of Jesus and the paradigms used to articulate a binary gender identity in the Middle Ages. Further research should work to shatter many of the cis-gender expectations of medieval gender studies and use this work to build new horizons for the complex dynamics of gender variance in the religious communities of the European Middle Ages." * Church History *"[F]ew historians have so immeasurably deepened our understanding of medieval gender and sexuality as has Ruth Mazo Karras...Whereas her other works offered breathtakingly sweeping accounts of vast subject matters--masculinity, prostitution, sexual unions--Thou Art the Man proves her equally adept in delivering erudite insights about the sole and singular figure of David...[W]ith relentless attention to detail and inspired, illuminating interpretations across a range of medieval Jewish and Christian artifacts...[t]his is a masterwork." * The Medieval Review *"Ruth Mazo Karras’s erudition and imagination undergird this book’s strengths; rarely have the Jewish and Christian materials been treated in one study...[T]his book offers us a bold exploration of cultural attitudes toward masculinity in the European Middle Ages" * Speculum *"Karras presents a prodigious study of King David and medieval ideals of masculinity, with particular attention to how biblical exegetes developed, interpreted, and reinterpreted his stories...Her reflections on the meaning of King David in medieval society are compelling and extend our understanding of the intersections of religion and culture over time and their influences on the multidimensional social construction of masculinity" * Journal of Religion *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. David His Tens of Thousands: Prowess and Piety Chapter 2. Surpassing the Love of Women: Love, Friendship, Loyalty Between Men Chapter 3. I Have Sinned Against the Lord: Sex and Penitence Chapter 4. With Sacred Music upon the Harp: Creativity and Ecstasy Chapter 5. O My Son Absalom: Establishing a Dynasty Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£45.00
Fordham University Press The Body of the Cross Holy Victims and the
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface | vii Introduction | 1 1 The Way of Darkness and the Way of Light: The Cross as Boundary Marker in Early Christianity | 15 2 The Body of the Martyr and the Body of Christ | 37 3 The Politics of Holy Bodies and the Invention of the Cross | 57 4 Between Hope and Fear: Monastic Bodies at the Foot of the Cross | 75 5 Bodies Pierced by the Cross: Popular Devotion, Popular Heresy | 101 6 The Bitter Christ and the Sweet Christ: The Cross and the German Reformations | 129 7 Holy Bodies and the Sacrifice of the Self: Divine Wrath, Discipline, and the Cross in the Reformations | 156 Conclusion | 187 Notes | 199 Bibliography | 235 Index | 251
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Fordham University Press The Body of the Cross Holy Victims and the
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface | vii Introduction | 1 1 The Way of Darkness and the Way of Light: The Cross as Boundary Marker in Early Christianity | 15 2 The Body of the Martyr and the Body of Christ | 37 3 The Politics of Holy Bodies and the Invention of the Cross | 57 4 Between Hope and Fear: Monastic Bodies at the Foot of the Cross | 75 5 Bodies Pierced by the Cross: Popular Devotion, Popular Heresy | 101 6 The Bitter Christ and the Sweet Christ: The Cross and the German Reformations | 129 7 Holy Bodies and the Sacrifice of the Self: Divine Wrath, Discipline, and the Cross in the Reformations | 156 Conclusion | 187 Notes | 199 Bibliography | 235 Index | 251
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Fordham University Press Orphaned Landscapes
Book SynopsisThis book examines the proliferation of monumental Christian street art in a Muslim/Christian conflict to show how ephemeral phenomena are inherent to sociopolitical change.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Violence, Visuality, and Appearance | 1 Image, Appearance, Figuration, 8 • A Christian Town, 11 • The Appearance of Crisis, 15 • Matters of Perception, 18 • Orphaning the Nation, 20 • Orphaned Landscapes, 23 • A Symptomatology of Crisis, 28 1 Fire without Smoke | 33 War’s Fog, 36 • Fire without Smoke, 40 • The Thick of Things, 45 • Soundtracks of War, 52 • Amplifications, 54 • Anticipatory Practices, 58 • Official Peace, 63 2 Christ at Large | 67 Christ at Large, 76 • The Canon in the Street, 79 • Guardians of the Neighborhood, 88 • Streetwise Masculinity, 96 • This Face Wants you, 104 • Sighting the Street, 109 3 Images without Borders | 113 Painting Christianity, 116 • Landscape I: Christian Enclave, 127 • Landscape II: Pancasila Jesus, 132 • Landscape III: Sidewalk Citizenship, 136 • Landscape IV: Witnessing the End-Time, 146 • Frames at War, 152 • A Frenzy of the Visible, 154 4 Religion under the Sign of Crisis | 157 Times Rich in Demons, 158 • Conversion’s Unstable Alchemy, 161 • Religion under the Sign of Crisis, 163 • Simplifications, 166 • Terms of Coexistence, 170 • Symptomatology: Treacherous Things, 176 • Symptomatology: Treacherous Persons, 180 • Neighbors and Neighborhoods, 184 5 Provoking Peace | 191 Spectacles of Reconciliation, 193 • The Child in the Picture, 199 • Peace Journalism, 214 • Scrolling for Peace, 222 Conclusion: Ephemeral Mediations | 229 Acknowledgments | 233 Notes | 239 Works Cited | 281 Index | 299
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Fordham University Press Orphaned Landscapes Violence Visuality and
Book SynopsisThis book examines the proliferation of monumental Christian street art in a Muslim/Christian conflict to show how ephemeral phenomena are inherent to sociopolitical change.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Violence, Visuality, and Appearance | 1 Image, Appearance, Figuration, 8 • A Christian Town, 11 • The Appearance of Crisis, 15 • Matters of Perception, 18 • Orphaning the Nation, 20 • Orphaned Landscapes, 23 • A Symptomatology of Crisis, 28 1 Fire without Smoke | 33 War’s Fog, 36 • Fire without Smoke, 40 • The Thick of Things, 45 • Soundtracks of War, 52 • Amplifications, 54 • Anticipatory Practices, 58 • Official Peace, 63 2 Christ at Large | 67 Christ at Large, 76 • The Canon in the Street, 79 • Guardians of the Neighborhood, 88 • Streetwise Masculinity, 96 • This Face Wants you, 104 • Sighting the Street, 109 3 Images without Borders | 113 Painting Christianity, 116 • Landscape I: Christian Enclave, 127 • Landscape II: Pancasila Jesus, 132 • Landscape III: Sidewalk Citizenship, 136 • Landscape IV: Witnessing the End-Time, 146 • Frames at War, 152 • A Frenzy of the Visible, 154 4 Religion under the Sign of Crisis | 157 Times Rich in Demons, 158 • Conversion’s Unstable Alchemy, 161 • Religion under the Sign of Crisis, 163 • Simplifications, 166 • Terms of Coexistence, 170 • Symptomatology: Treacherous Things, 176 • Symptomatology: Treacherous Persons, 180 • Neighbors and Neighborhoods, 184 5 Provoking Peace | 191 Spectacles of Reconciliation, 193 • The Child in the Picture, 199 • Peace Journalism, 214 • Scrolling for Peace, 222 Conclusion: Ephemeral Mediations | 229 Acknowledgments | 233 Notes | 239 Works Cited | 281 Index | 299
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University of Hawai'i Press Long Strange Journey On Modern Zen Zen Art and
Book SynopsisLong Strange Journey presents the first critical analysis of visual objects and discourses that animate Zen art modernism and its legacies, with particular emphasis on the postwar âœZen boom.â Since the late nineteenth century, Zen and Zen art have emerged as globally familiar terms associated with a spectrum of practices, beliefs, works of visual art, aesthetic concepts, commercial products, and modes of self-fashioning. They have also been at the center of fiery public disputes that have erupted along national, denominational, racial-ethnic, class, and intellectual lines. Neither stable nor strictly a matter of euphoric religious or intercultural exchange, Zen and Zen art are best approached as productive predicaments in the study of religion, spirituality, art, and consumer culture, especially within the frame of Buddhist modernism. Long Strange Journey's modern-contemporary emphasis sets it off from most writing on Zen art, which focuses on masterworks by premodern Chinese and Japa
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MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico The Latino Christ in Art Literature and
Book SynopsisThis exploration of Iberian, Latin American, and US-Hispanic representations of Christ focuses on outliers in art, literature, and theology: Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco, Argentine writer Jorge Borges, Spanish existentialist Miguel de Unamuno, Brazilian theologian Leonardo Boff, and Mexican philosopher José Vasconcelos.Trade ReviewIn this excellent book the author skillfully locates liberation theology within the larger context of Latin culture, and he does so masterfully."" - Harvey Cox, author of The Market as God
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University of New Mexico Press Religion and the American West Belief Violence
Book SynopsisOffers a lavishly illustrated and comprehensive overview of the ways religion has shaped the idea of the American West and how the region has influenced broader religious and racial categories.Trade ReviewReligion and the American West brings together the best scholarship on the subject with a dizzying array of material evidence in order to tell the story of a multicultural, multidimensional American West--reflecting the American West not as it is imagined, but as it was."—Brandi Denison, author of Ute Land Religion in the American West, 1879-2009Table of Contents Foreword John Vanausdall Introduction Jessica Lauren Nelson Chapter One. Sacred Spaces: Religion, Land, and Identity in the Trans-Appalachian West (1800-1840) Jessica Lauren Nelson Chapter Two. Religion and Empire: Mythic Trails, Stolen Homelands, and Forced Migration in the Antebellum West (1840-1860) Danae Jacobson Chapter Three. Frontier Violence: Making Americans and the Myth of the West (1860-1890) Konden Smith Hansen Chapter Four. Religion Here and Now Daisy Vargas Conclusion. A Visual Epigraph Jessica Lauren Nelson Bibliography Contributors
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Seagull Books London Ltd The Fate of Rural Hell
Book SynopsisIn 1975, when political scientist Benedict Anderson reached Wat Phai Rong Wua, a massive temple complex in rural Thailand conceived by Buddhist monk Luang Phor Khom, he felt he had wandered into a demented Disneyland. One of the world's most bizarre tourist attractions, Wat Phai Rong Wua was designed as a cautionary museum of sorts; its gruesome statues depict violent and torturous scenes that showcase what hell may be like. Over the next few decades, Anderson, who is best known for his work, Imagined Communities, found himself transfixed by this unusual amalgamation of objects, returning several times to see attractions like the largest metal-cast Buddha figure in the world and the Palace of a Hundred Spires. The concrete statuaries and perverse art in Luang Phor's personal museum of hell included, \u201cside by side, an upright human skeleton in a glass cabinet and a life-size replica of Michelangelo's gigantic nude David, wearing fashionable red underpants from the top of which poked part of a swollen, un-Florentine penis,\u201d alongside dozens of statues of evildoers being ferociously punished in their afterlife. In The Fate of Rural Hell, Anderson unravels the intrigue of this strange setting, endeavoring to discover what compels so many Thai visitors to travel to this popular spectacle and what order, if any, inspired its creation. At the same time, he notes in Wat Phai Rong Wua the unexpected effects of the gradual advance of capitalism into the far reaches of rural Asia. Both a one-of-a-kind travelogue and a penetrating look at the community that sustains it, The Fate of Rural Hell is sure to intrigue and inspire conversation as much as Wat Phai Rong Wua itself.
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Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US Dantes Volume from Alpha to Omega
Book SynopsisDante's Volume from Alpha to Omegabrings together essays written by internationally recognized scholars to explore the poet's encyclopedic impulse in light of our own frenzied information age.This comprehensive collection of essays, coedited by Carol Chiodo and Christiana Purdy Moudarres,examineshow Dante's spiritual quest is powered by an encyclopedic one,which hasformore thanseven centuriesdrawna readership as diverse as the knowledgehis workcontains.The essays investigate both the intellectual and spiritual pleasures thatDante'sCommediaaffords, underscoring how, through the sheer breadth of its knowledge, the poem demands collective and collaborative inquiry. Rather than isolating the poetic or theological strands of theCommedia, the book acts as a bridge across disciplines, braiding together the well-worn strands of poetry and theology with those of philosophy, the sciences, and the arts. The wide range of entries within Dante's poeticsummayield multiple opportunities to reflect onTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations, Editions, and TranslationsIntroduction - by Carol Chiodo and Christiana Purdy MoudarresPart One: TheologyDante’s Orthodoxy and the Authority of Knowledge- by Jennifer HelmCathedrals of Light: An Overview of Dante’s Commedia in the Shadow of Bonaventure’s Thought - by Filipa AfonsoThe Rain of Hope: Theology and Exile in Paradiso 25 - by Maria Clara Iglesias RondinaDreams of Prophets, Dreams of Poets - by Giulia CardilloBody-less Vision: An Examination of the Incarnational Theology of Paradiso 31–33 - by Junius JohnsonPart Two: PhilosophyDante’s Humanistic Ontology: Notes for a Reading of the Dialectic Hylomorphism of the Commedia - by Humberto BallesterosRemembering the Convivio: Dante and the Art of Memory - by Eleonora Buonocore“Eternal Hate Created Me As Well”: In Search of Hate in Dante’s Commedia - by Elizabeth CoggeshallPart Three: SciencesUgolino and the Practice of Divination through Dreams - by Ambrogio CamozziHitting the Mark: Projectile Motion and the “segno lieto” in Dante’s Commedia - by Carol ChiodoThe sphaera infinita in Dante’s Paradiso: Between the Suspension of the “geomètra” and Modern Physics - by Anna BagordaLegends of the Fall: Genetics and Corruption in Inferno 27 - by Christiana Purdy MoudarresPart Four: ArtsThe play’s the thing, wherein I’ll show the glory of the (Heavenly) King: Medieval Spectacle in Dante’s Purgatorio - by Loren Eadie“Non ciascun segno/è buono, ancor che buona sia la cera”: Dante’s Poetic Conversion and the Metapoetics of Purgatorio - by Siobhan Quinlan“Dare a Molti”: The Trecento Commentaries on Inferno 26 - by Rosa AffatatoMusic and Political History (Paradiso 15–17) - by Giuseppe MazzottaBibliographyIndex of NamesNotes on the Contributors
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MT - University of Pennsylvania Press Making of a Romantic Icon The Religious Context
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Swedenborg Foundation The Worship and Love of God
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Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection Early Byzantine Pilgrimage Art
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Getty Trust Publications Saints in Art
Book SynopsisA guide to identifying Christian saints as they are portrayed in art. From Agatha to Zeno, it presents the characteristic features of over 100 saints, with notes on their lives and martyrdom and visual references to help readers recognize them. The resource features a collection of masterpieces.
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Getty Trust Publications European Art of the Fourteenth Century
Book SynopsisThe effects of war and famine in Europe, in the 14th century, lead to a widespread mystical religiosity, which emphasised both joy and suffering. This in turn inspired the creation of some of the most magnificent religious art of the period. This illustrated work highlights the most important artists, works, concepts and theories of the period.
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Getty Trust Publications Death and Resurrection in Art
Book SynopsisAs one of the unavoidable realities of human existence, death is also one of the oldest and most common themes in art. This title presents an illustrated exploration of 3,000 years of the iconography of death and resurrection in world art.
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Getty Trust Publications Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of
Book SynopsisIn an era of intense religious conflict in Europe, the Ceremonies et costumes religieuses de tous les peoples du monde (1723-37), written by Jean Frederic Bernard, set a new agenda for thinking about faith and provided a lasting visual template for representing the world's religions. The authors approach this work from a variety of angles.
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Harvard University Press Tsars and Cossacks
Book SynopsisUkrainian Cossacks used icon painting to investigate their relationship not only with God but also their relationship with the Russian tsar. In this groundbreaking study, Serhii Plokhy examines the political and religious culture of Ukrainian Cossackdom, as reflected in the Cossack-era paintings, icons, and woodcuts.Trade ReviewThe brevity of this work (seventy-five pages) should not blind the reader to the fact that it is a complex and comprehensive summary written for a knowledgeable audience. Plokhy is particularly adept at referring the reader to the important problems and contradictions that make up Ukrainian identity as it developed in the Little Russian context… This study is a pleasure to read and adds in important ways to our awareness of the sources of Cossack and Ukrainian identity. -- Carol B. Stevens * The Russian Review *Serhii Plokhy’s Tsars and Cossacks: A Study in Iconography explores the complex interaction of the political, religious, and artistic aspects of the iconographic types of the Pokrova, the protective mantle of the Mother of God, as it evolved in the Ukrainian lands during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This cameo of a book of just seventy-five pages offers the reader a rich view of a society in transition… On the whole, Plokhy’s ideas are as original as is his argument well-substantiated. Above all, one would heartily welcome a work of such fine quality dedicated to the history of a European people that even until now largely remains an ‘unexpected nation’ to the West. -- L. V. Charipova * Slavic and East European Review *Serhii Plokhy’s study of the ideology and rhetoric of icons of the Pokrova (the Holy Protection of the Mother of God) presents the reader with a most engaging marriage of meticulous historical argument with the intrigue and suspense of the detective novel… Tsars and Cossacks…adds richly to our understanding of the political and cultural force fields that bore on Cossack Ukraine. It also provides a welcome example of the wealth of historical insight that can be gained from serious and detailed engagement with cultural artifacts, and demonstrates that even the most erudite historical writing can be appealing and accessible. -- Marko Pavlyshyn * Australian Slavonic and East European Studies *
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Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Bali Art Ritual Performance
Book SynopsisFeaturing hundreds of full-color photographs, paintings, figurines, crafts, and furniture Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance is an exploration of the very best Balinese culture has to offer. For nearly a century, mention of Bali has evoked images of a tropical paradise. But it is not only the beauty of the island that has attracted artists, dancers, celebrities and scholars. Bali is also famed for its vibrant performance and ritual arts traditions.Although the island is so small it can be circled in a day, it is home to more than 20,000 temples, and each of these produces annual festivals. Where ritual is such a part of daily life, one cannot draw clear lines between the secular and the religious arts. Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance presents a holistic view of the ways that art, ritual, and performance interrelate within the seamless fabric of Balinese life.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Art and Religious Reform in Early Modern Europe
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together historians and art historians to explore the ways in which religious art was transformed by the splintering of Western Christendom that began 500 years ago with Martin Luther s Reformation. The religious turmoil of the sixteenth century has long been seen as a turning point in the history of Christian art.Table of ContentsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Art and Religious Reform in Early Modern Europe (Bridget Heal)1. Karlstadt's Wagen: The First Visual Propaganda for the Reformation (Lyndal Roper and Jennifer Spinks)2. ‘Between these Two Kingdoms’: Exile, Election, and Godly Law in Sebald Beham's Moses and Aaron (Mitchell B. Merback)3. The Unassembled Grammar of the Drawing in the Era of Reform (Shira Brisman)4. The Family at Table: Protestant Identity, Self-Representation and the Limits of the Visual in Seventeenth-Century Zurich (Andrew Morrall)5. Lutheran Baroque: The Afterlife of a Reformation Altarpiece (Bridget Heal)6. Images (Not) Made By Chance (Amy Knight Powell)7. The Art of Solitude: Environments of Prayer at the Bavarian Court of Wilhelm V (Christine Göttler)8. The Reliquary Reformed (Mia M. Mochizuki)Afterword (Joseph Leo Koerner)Index
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Crossway Books Echoes of Eden
Book SynopsisArt is all around us, but few people truly understand it. Barrs helps readers identify the key elements for evaluating and defining great art through an investigation of the work of Lewis, Tolkien, Rowling, Shakespeare, and Austen.
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina The Art of Conversion Christian Visual Culture
Book SynopsisBetween the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries, the west central African kingdom of Kongo practiced Christianity and actively participated in the Atlantic world as an independent, cosmopolitan realm. Drawing on an expansive set of objects, images, and documents, Cecile Fromont examines the advent of Kongo Christian visual culture and traces its development across four centuries.Trade ReviewProvides relevant information to the conversion of the Kongo Kingdom to Christianity by providing numerous visual sources to support her argument. . . . Provides previously untapped sources to bring forward a new theory on the conversion of the Kongo and the changes associated with the kingdom's new religion."" - Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians""An impressive, ground-breaking work."" - ARLIS/NA Reviews""Fromont's study is a model of careful scholarship wedded to a well-crafted argument....This book is very likely to remain the starting point for any study of Kongo Christian art, and an important contribution to the understanding of its Christian history."" - Social Sciences and Missions""A detailed account of how the visual arts were instrumental in [the Kingdom of Kongo.]"" - Burlington Magazine""A monumental contribution to scholarship on Kongo Christianity as well as cultural change in the Atlantic world more broadly. She challenges historians to think more deeply about the way in which history can defy easy categorization as continuity or change. . . . Her beautiful prose and evocative use of language powerfully re-create the multisensory rituals of Kongo Christianity. Perhaps most important, Fromont reminds us that Africans were always active participants in their history, the legacy of which resonates across the Atlantic world today."" - William and Mary Quarterly""An indispensable look at one site of African Christianity before the advance of colonialism."" - Christianity Today""Beautifully produced and accessibly priced edition will reward the attentions of lay connoisseurs as well as of scholars in all the academic disciplines engaging Africa's past."" - African Studies Review""A valuable reference work for anyone interested in religious, Christian, and precolonial African art and material culture."" - Catholic Historical Review""Meticulously researched, beautifully written, and lavishly illustrated, The Art of Conversion is one of the best books ever published about Central African religious history."" - Journal of Interdisciplinary History
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina The Thing about Religion An Introduction to the
Book SynopsisLays out a range of theories, terms, and concepts and shows how they work together to centre materiality in the study of religion. Integrating carefully curated visual evidence, Morgan applies these ideas and methods to case studies across a variety of religious traditions, modeling step-by-step analysis and emphasizing historical context.
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Baylor University Press Visions of Salvation
Book SynopsisDrawing on a landmark collection of more than 200 colour prints, assembled and analysed here for the first time, leading scholars in Chinese Studies, mission history, Chinese Christianity, and visual culture reassess various facets of Chinese life in the second quarter of the twentieth century.Table of Contents Introduction, by Daryl R. Ireland 1. Social Reform: The Role of Christianity, by Peter Zarrow 2. Nationalism: The Great Convergence, by Zexi Sun 3. Women: Public Health, Hygiene, and Nurses, by Connie Shemo 4. Childhood: The Foundation for True Health, by Margaret Mih Tillman 5. Evangelism: The China Inland Mission and the Use of "Gospel Posters," 1925-1935, by Dana L. Robert 6. Theology: The Cross in Popular Chinese Christianity, by Daryl R. Ireland and David Li 7. Biblical Interpretation: The Art of Scripture, by Chloë Starr 8. Roman Catholicism: Painting, Printing, and Selling Morality in Modern China, by Stephanie M. Wong 9. Fine Art: Images of Beauty, by James He Qi 10. Visual Culture: The Convergence of Transnational Images, by Joseph W. Ho
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Baylor University Press Words for Conviviality
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University of Toronto Press Collected Works of Erasmus
Book SynopsisThese volumes are the first in a series containing works by Erasmus 'that concern literature and education': interests which to him were scarcely separable. The aim of Erasmian education was a civilized life, expressed in Christian piety and the fulfilment of public and private duties and embellished by learning and literature. Towards these ends the soundest training for youth was what Erasmus often called bonne litterae, 'good letters,' a literary and rhetorical training based on Greek and Latin authors. For centuries the classical curriculum was the core of liberal education, and Erasmus was long regarded as its exemplar. Though never a university teacher except briefly at Cambridge (1311-14), he was a 'teacher of teachers' through his treatises on pedagogy and rhetoric and his many works of scholarship. The four works presented here in annotated translations are characteristic expressions of his dedication to learning and his confidence in the values of classical literatu
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