The Spiritual Dynamic in Modern Art

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Beschreibung

This book demonstrates that numerous prominent artists in every period of the modern era were expressing spiritual interests when they created celebrated works of art. This magisterial overview insightfully reveals the centrality of an often denied and misunderstood element in the cultural history of modern art.

Über den Autor

Charlene Spretnak is the author of several books on cultural history, religion and spirituality, and social criticism, including States of Grace, The Resurgence of the Real, Missing Mary, and Relational Reality. A professor emerita in religion and philosophy, she lives with her husband in Ojai, California, USA.

Zusammenfassung

Previously uncompiled collection of the spiritual biographies of post-1800 artists

Recent exhibitions at major museums have focused on the spirituality of famous artists

The relationship between art and spirituality is closely intertwined

The interrelationship between art and spirituality both affects and is effected by culture in a major way

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Great Underground River That Flows Through Modern Art 1. The 19th Century: Expressing Christian Themes in a Newly Secular World 2. Mid-1880s through 1918: The Quest to Save Civilization from 'Materialism' Through a New Art Informed by Esoteric Spirituality 3. 1919-1939: The Reaction against Prewar Esoteric Spirituality 4. 1945 to the Present: Allusive Spirituality 5. 1945 to the Present: Spirituality of Immanence 6. 1945 to the Present: Rocked in the Bosom of Abraham Afterword: When Form Follows Spirit Appendix: Making the Case Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2015
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	vii 271 S.
ISBN-13:	9781137569691
ISBN-10:	1137569697
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Spretnak, C.
Hersteller:	Palgrave Macmillan Palgrave Macmillan US
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	C. Spretnak
Erscheinungsdatum:	21.10.2015
Gewicht:	0,429 kg