Religion and the Arts: History and Method (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789004361515)

In Religion and the Arts: History and Method, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona presents an overview of the 19th century origins of this discrete field of study and its methodological journey to the present-day through issues of repatriation, museum exhibitions, and globalization. Apostolos-Cappadona suggests that the fluidity and flexibility of the study of religion and the arts has expanded like an umbrella since the 1970s - and the understanding that art was simply a visual exegesis of texts - to now support the study of material, popular, and visual culture, as well as gender. She also delivers a careful analysis of the evolution of thought from traditional iconographies to the transformations once scholars were influenced by response theory and challenged by globalization and technology. Religion and the Arts: History and Method offers an indispensable introduction to the questions and perspectives essential to the study of this field.



Author: Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
ISBN-10: 9004361510
ISBN-13: 9789004361515
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 11/16/2017
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.30d