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God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art
by DANIEL A., SIEDELL
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- 0801031842
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- 9780801031847
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Baker Academic, October 2008. Paper Back. New. Writing in a different vein than the somewhat predictable and often uncharitable Christian critiques of modern and contemporary art made by theologians, philosophers, and Christian artists, Daniel Siedell sets out a book of criticism 'nourished by a Nicene Christianity that seeks to embrace all that is good, true, and beautiful.' A professor of modern and contemporary art history, criticism, and theory at the University of Nebraska, Siedell is a former museum curator of modern and contemporary art who has spent most of his professional career outside the bounds of professional Christendom. Interestingly, his experience of certain currents in contemporary art have significantly modified his practice of Christianity, provoking a retrieval of the ancient fullness of the faith 'as a network of robust liturgical, sacramental, and ascetic practices,' which in turn provide a provocative framework for understanding contemporary art. The seven essays in this book form an idiosyncratic but comprehensive critical engagement with modern and contemporary art, moving fluently between history, theology, iconography, theory, artistic intention, and the consideration of a single painting by Enrique MartÃnez Celaya (a study of artistic practice as structured and shaped by a religious worldview). Long needed as an alternative to traditional 'Christian' criticism, God in the Gallery is (to quote a reviewer), 'a seminal work of interpretation'-subtle, nuanced, and deeply experienced. 362 pp.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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- Eighth Day Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48936
- Title
- God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art
- Author
- DANIEL A., SIEDELL
- Format/Binding
- Paper Back
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0801031842
- ISBN 13
- 9780801031847
- Publisher
- Baker Academic
- Place of Publication
- Grand Rapids, Mi, U.s.a
- Date Published
- October 2008
- Pages
- 192
- Keywords
- christian art, modern art, art criticism
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