ISBN:
081334297X
,
9780813342979
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 275 S.
,
Ill.
Year of publication:
2005
DDC:
704.9/48
Keywords:
Art and religion
;
Symbolism in art
;
Art and religion
;
Symbolism in art
;
Judentum
;
Christentum
;
Islam
;
Kunst
;
Symbolik
Abstract:
Symbols of faith: art as an instrument of religion -- Symbols in ancient art -- Monotheism and the development of the Abrahamic traditions -- Christian symbols from catacomb to cathedral -- Jewish and Muslim symbols in sacred and profane contexts -- Survival of symbols in a secularizing western world -- Symbols of faith in twentieth century visual art.
Description / Table of Contents:
Symbols of faith: art as an instrument of religionSymbols in ancient art -- Monotheism and the development of the Abrahamic traditions -- Christian symbols from catacomb to cathedral -- Jewish and Muslim symbols in sacred and profane contexts -- The survival of symbols in a secularizing western world -- Symbols of faith in twentieth-century visual art.
Description / Table of Contents:
Symbols of faith: art as an instrument of religion -- Symbols in ancient art -- Monotheism and the development of the Abrahamic traditions -- Christian symbols from catacomb to cathedral -- Jewish and Muslim symbols in sacred and profane contexts -- Survival of symbols in a secularizing western world -- Symbols of faith in twentieth century visual art
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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