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Explore the rich history and influence of Christian art from Antiquity to the present day. Michelle Brown traces the rich history of Christian art, crossing boundaries to explore how art has reflected and stimulated a response to the teachings of Christ, and to Christian thought and experience across the ages. Embracing much of the history of art in the West and parts of the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australasia, Michelle considers art of the earliest Christians to the modern day. Featuring articles by invited contributors on subjects including Icons; Renaissance Florence; Rubens and the Counter-Reformation; Religious Folk Art; Jewish Artists; Christian Themes; Making the St John's Bible, and Christianity and Contemporary Art in North America, Christian Art is an ideal survey of the subject for all those interested in the world's artistic heritage. - Comprehensive and authoritative text from the Early Christian period to the modern day - Wide international coverage - Feature articles on special subjects by a team of experts from around the world

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Author:   Michelle P. Brown
Publisher:   SPCK Publishing
Imprint:   Lion Scholar
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9781912552559

ISBN 10:   1912552558
Pages:   414
Publication Date:   22 January 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction What is Christian Art? 1. The Art of the Earliest Christians Judaic and Graeco-Roman Roots 2. In the Sign of the Cross Constantine and the Entry of Christianity into the Social Mainstream 3. Martyrs and Mosaics The Early Churches of Italy 4. The Christian Orient The Christian Art of Palestine, Armenia, Georgia and Syria 5. Out of Africa The Art of the Churches of Coptic Egypt, Ethiopia and Nubia 6. The New Rome Emperor Justinian and Early Byzantine Art 7. The Art of Orthodoxy Byzantium and the Iconic Tradition Icons: An Icon Writer’s Perspective (Revd Regan O’Callaghan) 8. The Rise of Islam Islam and Christian Art Christian Art in Muslim Contexts (Professor Sheila S. Blair and Professor Jonathan M. Bloom) 9. Barbarians! Art and the Re-conversion of the West 10. The Art of Imperialism Art in the Carolingian and Ottonian Empires ‘Words Passed Down’: Carolingian Pictures of Translation and Transmission (Professor Herbert L. Kessler) 11. Roods, Rituals and Christian Rule Later Anglo-Saxon Art and the Benedictine Reform 12. Romanesque Pilgrims, Crusaders and European Style Monastic Aesthetics and the Rise of Gothic Art (Professor Conrad Rudolph) 13. Gothic 14. Italian Gothic Art and the Seeds of Rebirth Christian Art and the Italian City-State (Dr Griffith Mann) 15. The Cultural Life of the Italian City-States Humanists, Artists and the Rise of the Renaissance Manuscripts, Humanism and Patronage in Renaissance Florence (Dr Mark Evans) 16. The Italian High Renaissance Madonnas, Popes and Princes Brazen Images and Sounding Brass: The Significance and Use of Bronze in Christian Contexts (Dr Victoria Avery) 17. The Northern Renaissance Merchants and Mysteries 18. Keeping Your Head in Times of Change Reformation, Resistance and the Rise of Protestantism The Dispute on Images During the Reformation and Counter-Reformation (Professor Iole Carlettini) 19. Venice the Serene Mercantile Meditation and the Cost of Sublime Art From Counter-Reformation to Baroque: Aspects of the Arts in Rome (Professor Daniela Gallavotti Cavallero) 20. Protestantism and the Catholic Counter-Reformation Domestic Piety, Mannerism and the Theatricality of the Baroque Rubens and the Theatre of the Counter-Reformation: Biblical Imagery made Flesh (Professor Michelle P. Brown) 21. The Age of Enlightenment Rationalism, Neo-Classicism and the New Imperialism The Rise of the Study of the History of Christian Art (Professor Nancy Netzer) 22. Mysticism and Romanticism Reborn Blake, the Ancients and the Art of Nonconformity Permission, Prohibition, Patronage and Methodism: A Denomination Engages with Art (Dr Peter Forsaith) 23. Faith and the Origins of North American Art A New Eden Religious Folk Art (Professor Virginia Raguin) 24. Industrial Innovation, Aesthetic Nostalgia Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelitism and the Rediscovery of Medievalism 25. Art for a New Age The Realists, Impressionists and Symbolists 26. The Shock of the New Mechanization, Expressionism, Spiritual Realism and the Origins of Abstraction Jewish Artists, Christian Themes (Emily D. Bilski) 27. The Impact of Modernity Destruction, Creation, Abstraction 28. The Impact of the Second World War29. The Journey Continues Earth Art: Landscape, Art and Eco-Theology 30. Innovation and Tradition Searching for the Spiritual in Contemporary Art The Scribe Speaks: Making the St John’s Bible (Donald Jackson) 31. Quo Vadis? Where do we go from here? Christianity and Contemporary Art in North America: The CIVA Case Study (Dr James Romaine) 32. Some Concluding Thoughts References Glossary    

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Michelle P. Brown is Professor of Medievel Manuscript Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and former Curator of Medieval and Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library.

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