Art

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Art has played a central role in religion, both in expressing religious ideals and challenging religious assumptions. Read More »

Articles

  • “Breast cancer between faith and medicine: the Peres Maldonado ex-voto” by Lisa Pon and James F Amatruda. 36 (2010): 112-114.
  • “The Shiraz Arts Festival: Western Avant-Garde Arts in 1970s Iran” by Robert Gluck. Leonardo. 20, no. 1 (2007): 20-8.
  • “Buddhist Material Culture, ‘Indianism,’ and the Construction of Pan-Asian Buddhism in Prewar Japan” by Richard M. Jaffe. Material Religion. 2, no. 3 (2006): 266-292.
  • “The Gift of Form: Brassal and the Crypt of Saint-Sulpice” by Meg Melvin. History of Photography. 30, no. 4 (2006): 359-71.
  • “Around the World in Religion and the Arts: Defining the Study of Islamic Art” by John G. Renard. Religion and the Arts. 10, no. 4 (2006): 539-55.
  • “Women and the Dura-Europos Synagogue Paintings” by Faith Steinberg. Religion and the Arts. 10, no. 4 (2006): 461-96.
  • “Ineffable Paths: Mapping Wutaishan in Qing Dynasty China” by Chou Wen-shing. Art Bulletin. 89, no. 1 (2007): 108-29.
  • “Building Churches in Armenia: Art at the Borders of Empire and the Edge of the Canon” by Christian Maranci. Art Bulletin. 88, no. 4 (2006): 656-75.
  • “Shouting Fire: Art, Religion and the Right to Be Offended” by David Edgar. Race and Class. 48, no. 2 (2006): 61-76.
  • “Ancient Near East Religion as Represented in the Art of the Ancient Near East” by Mehmet-Ali Ataç. Bryn Mawr College, 2008
  • “Asking the Clergy: Is there a relationship between art and religion?” Newsday (New York), Feb. 28, 2009.
  • “City Arts Commission Funds Religious Statues At Churches” by Howard Friedman. Religion Clause, Dec. 15, 2007.
  • “Atheist Camille Paglia to Artists and Writers: Read Your Bibles” by Iosue Andreas. The Western Confucian, Aug. 2, 2007.
  • “Voodoo-Hoochie-Coochie and the Creative Spirit.” absolutearts.com, Oct. 30, 2008. (2008-10-28 – 2009-01-12)
  • “Art prize judge resigns in disgust” by Erik Jensen, Louise Schwartzkoff and Richard Jinman. Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Aug. 6, 2008.
  • “Cardinal’s art comments spark outrage” by Harry De Quetteville. The Daily Telegraph. National Post (f/k/a The Financial Post) (Canada), Sept.19, 2007.
  • “Prayer becomes work of art” by Teneshia Naidoo. Sunday Times (South Africa), Aug. 19, 2007.

Books

  • Graphic Design and Religion. Daniel Kantor. GIA Publications, 2008.
  • Crossroads: Art and Religion in American Life. In collaboration with the Center for Arts and Culture in Washington, D.C. Published by The New Press, 2001.
  • Religion and art: and other essays. John Lancaster Spalding. Ayer Publishing, 1969
  • Religion and Art. Richard Wagner. University of Nebraska Press, 1994.
  • Religion and Art in Ancient Greece. Ernest Arthur Gardner, 2007.
  • Reluctant Partners: Art and Religion in Dialogue. Ena Giurescu. Heller Museum Of Biblical Art, 2006.
  • Art, Creativity, and the Sacred. Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (ed.). Continuum International Publishing Group, 1995.
  • Crossroads: Art and Religion in American Life. Alberta Arthurs. Center for Arts and Culture New Press, 2001.
  • Symbolism, the Sacred, and the Arts. Mircea Eliade. Continuum International Publishing Group, 1992.

Case studies

  • On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art. James Elkins. London: Routledge, 2004.
  • At the Crossroads of Art and Religion: Imagination, Commitment, Transcendence. Peeters Publishers, 2008.

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Recent research

  • Gluck, Robert. “The Shiraz Arts Festival: Western Avant-Garde Arts in 1970s Iran.” Leonardo. 20, no. 1 (2007): 20-8.
  • Jaffe, Richard M. “Buddhist Material Culture, ‘Indianism,’ and the Construction of Pan-Asian Buddhism in Prewar Japan.” Material Religion. 2, no. 3 (2006): 266-292.
  • Melvin, Meg. “The Gift of Form: Brassal and the Crypt of Saint-Sulpice.” History of Photography. 30, no. 4 (2006): 359-71.
  • Renard, John G. “Around the World in Religion and the Arts: Defining the Study of Islamic Art.” Religion and the Arts. 10, no. 4 (2006): 539-55.
  • Steinberg, Faith, “Women and the Dura-Europos Synagogue Paintings.” Religion and the Arts. 10, no. 4 (2006): 461-96.
  • Troughton, Geoffrey. “Light at the End of the Word.” Australian Historical Studies. 37, no. 128. (2006): 55-71.
  • Wen-shing Chou. “Ineffable Paths: Mapping Wutaishan in Qing Dynasty China.” Art Bulletin. 89, no. 1 (2007): 108-29.

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