Breaking resemblance: the role of religious motifs in contemporary art
Auteur :
Alexandrova, Alena
Éditeur :
Fordham University Press
ISBN :
9780823274475
Date de publication :
1 mai 2017
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The book explores the complex relationship between contemporary art and religion. It focuses on the ways artists re-appropriate religious motifs as a means to reflect critically on our desire to believe in images, on the history of seeing them, and on their double power – iconic and political.