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Faith in Art: Religion, Aesthetics, and Early Abstraction

Faith in Art: Religion, Aesthetics, and Early Abstraction - Hardcover

by Joseph Masheck
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joseph Masheck, David Carrier (Editor), Tiziana Andina (Editor)Series:Aesthetics and Contemporary ArtPublish date:2023-07-13Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350216976ISBN-10:1350216976UPC:9781350216976Book Category:Philosophy, ArtBook Subcategory:Aesthetics, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:ReligiousSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SCDHVEC2SQ

Metaphysical thought has been excluded from much of the discourse on modern art, especially abstract painting. By connecting ideas about faith with the initiators of abstract painting, Joseph Masheck reveals how an underlying religiosity informed some of our most important abstract painters.

Covering Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, and El Lissitzky, Masheck shows how 'revealed religion' has been an underlying but fundamental determinant of the thinking and practice of abstract painting from its very originators. He contextualizes their art within some of the historical moments of the early 20th century, including the Russian revolution and the Stalinist period, and explores the appeal of certain themes, such as the Passion of Christ.

A radical new theorization of the influence of religion over visual art, Faith in Art asks why metaphysics has been eliminated from the discussion where it might have something to say. This is a new way of thinking about a hundred years of abstract painting.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350216976ISBN-10:1350216976UPC:9781350216976Book Category:Philosophy, ArtBook Subcategory:Aesthetics, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:ReligiousSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SCDHVEC2SQ
Joseph Masheck received the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art, of the College Art Association, in 2018. He is Professor Emeritus of Art History at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, having also taught at Columbia and Harvard, USA.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

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Joseph Masheck, David Carrier (Editor), Tiziana Andina (Editor)

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Joseph Masheck

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