false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181162130m/1121266.jpg 1121266 2 <P>Religion and serious art have grown apart. While Sister Wendy speaks eloquently about modern art as if it were all religious, art historians distance themselves from the very idea of spirituality. And yet there is a tremendous amount of religious art outside the art world. For millennia, art has been religious - even in times and places when there was no word for "art." Then, in the Renaissance, it became possible for art to glorify the artist, making viewers think more of his skills than of the subjects he portrayed. The modern artist faces a more complex dilemma - one that no art historian has talked about until now.<br> <br> Can contemporary art say anything about spirituality? John Updike calls modern art "a religion assembled from the fragments of our daily life," but does that mean that contemporary art is spiritual? What might it mean to say that the art you make expresses your spiritual belief?<br> <br> <i>On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art</i> is about the curious disconnect between spirituality and current art. This book will enable you to walk into a museum and talk about the spirituality that is or is not visible in the art you see.</P> 1108347 31 8 2004 On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art total:15|5:3|4:7|3:4|2:1|1:0| 15 57 23 2 4 0 false false Wed Jun 06 13:35:36 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 06 13:35:36 -0700 2007 Postmodern Heretics). Religious communities do not trust nor understand the art world (see State of the Arts: From Bezalel to Mapplethorpe). James Elkins has n...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 30 12:16:54 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 12:33:47 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Oct 20 09:24:06 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 16:18:26 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 16:18:29 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 18:38:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 18:38:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 31 02:44:54 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 02:44:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 13 08:30:36 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 08:30:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jul 20 19:37:07 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 19:37:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 08 13:44:46 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 13:44:58 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Mar 21 16:45:56 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 16:45:56 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 22 18:36:47 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 18:36:51 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 03 05:55:43 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 05:55:43 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Jul 18 08:57:34 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 08:57:34 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu May 29 14:15:34 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 14:15:34 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun May 11 20:53:30 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 20:53:36 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Apr 02 21:24:33 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 21:24:46 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Mar 07 20:34:10 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 20:34:10 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Feb 12 21:11:28 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 21:11:38 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jan 23 12:46:01 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 12:46:16 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Nov 20 06:54:29 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 08:21:08 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Sun Oct 07 10:54:55 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 10:54:55 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1121266