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Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader seeks to fill a substantial gap by providing a comprehensive examination of the visual art of the Latter-day Saints from the nineteenth century to the present. The volume includes twenty-two essays examining art by, for, or about Mormons, as well as over 200 high-quality color illustrations.
Sommario
- Foreword, Richard Bushman and Glen Nelson
- Introduction, Amanda K. Beardsley and Mason Kamana Allred
- 1. A Theology of Mormon Art, Terryl Givens
- 2. Temple Art Renewal, 2000-2022, Colleen McDannell
- 3. Moving Pictures: Subjectivity and Mormon Identity in Documentary Film, Randy Astle
- 4. Establishing Zion: Identity and Communitas in Early Latter-day Saint Art, Ashlee Whitaker
- 5. The Public Image: How the World Learned to See Mormonism, from Cartoons to World's Fair, Nathan Rees
- 6. Creating Something Extraordinary: Nineteenth Century Latter-day Saint Women and Their Folk Art, Jennifer Reeder
- 7. Globetrotting Mormon Women Artists and the Art of Travel, 1900-1950, Heather Belnap
- 8. Aspirations of Grandeur and Tempering Restraints in Mormon Temple Design, Josh Probert
- 9. Success in Circuit: Brigham Young's Big Ten, Mary Campbell
- 10. Mormon Art and Architecture in Mexico: Between Mexico and the United States, Rebecca Janzen
- 11. Defining the Mormon Landscape: Photography and the Representation and Evolution of a Distinctive American Space, James Swenson
- 12. The Paris Art Mission, Linda Jones Gibbs
- 13. LDS Artists and the Art Students League of New York, Glen Nelson
- 14. George Dibble and Mormonism in Utah, Glen Nelson
- 15. 'Draw All Men Unto Him': The Mormon Art and Belief Movement, Menachem Wecker
- 16. Race and Latter-day Saint Art, Paul Reeve
- 17. Native Americans, Mormonism, and Art, Carlyle Constantino
- 18. The Piety of Perspective: Bodies, Media, and Cinematic Experience in Latter-day Saint film, 1970-2020, Mason Kamana Allred
- 19. Latter-day Saint Feminism and Art, Amanda K. Beardsley
- 20. "Who Did I Leave Out and Should Have Included?": The History and Influence of the International Art Competitions at the Church History Museum, Laura Poulsen Howe
- 21. Being Relevant: On the BYU Department of Art in the Twenty-first Century, Analisa Coats Sato
- 22. Toward a Latter-day Saint Contemporary Art, Chase Westfall
- Afterword, Laura Allred Hurtado
- Index
Info autore
Amanda Beardsley is the Cayleff and Sakai Faculty Scholar in Women's Studies at San Diego State University.
Mason Allred is assistant professor of communication, media, and culture at Brigham Young University-Hawaii.
Riassunto
Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader seeks to fill a substantial gap by providing a comprehensive examination of the visual art of the Latter-day Saints from the nineteenth century to the present. The volume includes twenty-two essays examining art by, for, or about Mormons, as well as over 200 high-quality color illustrations.
