Faith in Art - Religion, Aesthetics, and Early Abstraction

Metaphysical thought has been excluded from much of the discourse on modern art, especially abstract painting. By connecting ideas about faith with the initiators of abstract painting, Joseph Masheck reveals how an underlying religiosity informed some of our most important abstract painters.Covering Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, and El Lissitzky, Masheck shows how ''revealed religion'' has been an underlying but fundamental determinant of the thinking and practice of abstract painting from its very originators. He contextualizes their art within some of the historical moments of the early 20th century, including the Russian revolution and the Stalinist period, and explores the appeal of certain themes, such as the Passion of Christ.A radical new theorization of the influence of religion over visual art, F h in Art asks why metaphysics has been eliminated from the discussion where it might have something to say. This is a new way of thinking about a hundred years of abstract painting.>

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Masheck
• Assisted by: Tiziana Andina (Editor), David Carrier (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.01.2025
• EAN: 9781350217010
• ISBN: 978-1-350-21701-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 232 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Aesthetics and Contemporary Art
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Theory of art, RELIGION / Theology, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Theology, Philosophy: aesthetics, Religious subjects depicted in art, Religious and ceremonial art