Art as theology : from the postmodern to the medieval / Andreas Andreopoulos.
Series: Cross cultural theologiesPublication details: London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox, 2006.Description: 179 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 1845531701 (hbk.)
- 9781845531706 (hbk.)
- 184553171X (pbk.)
- 9781845531713 (pbk.)
- 701/.08 22
- N 72 .R4 A53 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-176) and index.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction 1
2 A Religious View of the History of the Arts
2 a The religious background of art in the Jewish tradition and in Greek philosophy
2 b Icons: the Religious Art of the East
A Semiotic View of the Icon
Inverted Perspective
The Mirror of God
The Art of Prayer
2 c "Mirrors" and Aesthetics in the Western Middle Ages
2 d Conclusion
3 Anti-Leonardo
3 a Historical Definition of the Function of the Religious Work of Art
3 b Breaks with the Past
God
The Body
Image and Recognition
3 c Post-medieval Art and Thought
4 The "Death of Art" in Postmodern Philosophy
5 The Religious Artist Today: From the Postmodern to the Medieval
6 Conclusion
7 Bibliography
Index