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The Art of the Sublime - Principles of Christian Art and Architecture (Paperback)
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The Art of the Sublime - Principles of Christian Art and Architecture (Paperback)
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In the view of Hegel and others, pagan art is the art of the
beautiful and Christian art is the art of the sublime. Roger Homan
provides a comprehensive and informative account of the course of
Christian art, encompassing a re-evaluation of conventional
aesthetics and its application to religious art. Homan argues that
taste and aesthetics are fashioned by morality and belief, and that
Christian art must be assessed not in terms of its place in the
history of art but of its place in Christian faith. The narrative
basis of Christian art is documented but religious art is also
explored as the expression of the devout and as an element in the
trappings of collective expression and personal quest. Sections in
the book explore pilgrimage art, puritan art, the tension of Gothic
and Classical, church architecture and the language of worship.
Current areas of debate, including the relationship of ethics to
the appreciation of art, are also discussed. An extensive range of
examples of painting, architecture and decoration, most of which
are of European origin, are discussed throughout, with a number of
striking illustrations included within the text.
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