Art of the Sublime - Principles of Christian Art and Architecture

Zusatztext '... Homan is full of original ideas and insights... writes with great insight and feeling about the Gothic.' Art and Christianity 'Recommended.' Choice Informationen zum Autor Roger Homan is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Brighton! UK. Zusammenfassung Provides a comprehensive account of the course of Christian art, encompassing a re-evaluation of conventional aesthetics and its application to religious art. The author argues that taste and aesthetics are fashioned by morality and belief, and that Christian art must be assessed in terms of its place in Christian faith. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; The beautiful and the holy; The fear of God; Gothic; Puritan aesthetics; Spirit and conscience; Morality and Christian art; Conclusion; Bibliography; Works of art cited; Buildings and artefacts of interest; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Homan, Homan Roger, Roger Homan
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.04.2006
• EAN: 9780754650737
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-5073-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Theory of art, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, ART / Criticism & Theory, Religious subjects depicted in art, Religious and ceremonial art