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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Religious art"”.
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An American Jesuit Treasury of Religious Art: The Van Ackeren Collection in the Greenlease Gallery at Rockhurst University
… and educational experience by making fine religious works of art accessible for viewing on campus. Virginia financed the purchases that Father Van Ackeren made, the sum of which came to be known as the Van Ackeren Collection of Religious Art. Throughout their endeavor, the two took …
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The Human Image in the Iron Age Iconography of Gaul
… focus is on freestanding human imagery. Art, and in particular religious art, is for many societies a critical feature in the definition of cultural identity. It is the contention of this study, therefore, that a better understanding of the changes in the iconography of this period will …
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Max Beckmann's paintings on biblical themes, 1906-1918
… endeavors to demonstrate the importance that religious themes played in Max Beckmann's early art and thought by examining over eighteen works in which he treated subjects from the Bible and by analyzing his writings for his religious thought. Its goal is twofold: to place Beckmann's early …
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Eve and the Madonna in Victorian Art
… analysis from the broader context of Victorian religious subject pictures, a category of Victorian art that remains arguably under-researched. Nineteenth-century religious art was rooted in a Romantic sensibility and was invested with the purpose of providing a balm during a course, commercial …
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The Religious Paintings of Emil Nolde, 1909-1912
… doubt the significance of Emil Nolde among the artists in Germany now loosely called Expressionists. From 1909 until his death in 1956, he painted over fifty pictures with religious subjects. Arguably, they represent the premier accomplishment of a long and prodigious career, one rich in a …
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Creative Expression Through the Gift of God: The Intertwining of Creativity and Religion of the Poor Clares in New Orleans, Louisiana
<p>This thesis looks at the relationship of art and creativity among the Poor Clares in New Orleans, Louisiana. Through the six sisters, the project addresses the way that religion influences the art that each sister produces. While each sister has had a different experience that drew them to …
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Theology, Spirituality, and the Academic Study of Religion in Public Universities
… the place of the normative analysis of religious experience and behavior within the public university. I use the work of Ninian Smart, Russell T. McCutcheon and Ivan Strenski to illustrate the case against the inclusion of theology and spirituality in the academic study of religion. In …
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Blood, death and desert: engaging with radical theology through art practice, history, and theory
… complicated relationships between contemporary art, Christian radical theology, the desert landscape, blood, and death. It is practice-as-research comprising both constructed and documentary photography, combined with interdisciplinary research into art history, contemporary Evangelical …
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Visual theology in 14th and 15th century Florentine frescoes : a theological approach to historical images, sacred spaces, and the modern viewer
… Christianity is a ’religion of the book’, visual art has played a crucial role in the history of theological communication, and the premise of this thesis is that historical images are a potentially rich, but underused, theological resource for modern Christians. Art historical analyses are rarely …
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La Cofradía de Artes y Artesanos Hispánicos: 1978 to 1983 Redefining Tradition in the New Mexican Art Market
<p><strong>La Cofradía de Artes y Artesanos Hispánicos: Redefining Tradition in the New Mexican Art Market. May 2019. </strong></p> <p>This master’s thesis explores the 1978 founding, existence, dissolve, and the legacy of the Santa Fe, New Mexican artist exhibition group, La Cofradía de Artes y …
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Dalí's Religious Models: the Iconography of Martyrdom and its Contemplation
This thesis investigates Dalí’s adoption of religious iconography to help represent themes that he had conceptualised through Surrealism, psychoanalysis and other thought systems. His selective use of sources was closely bound to his life circumstances, and I integrate biographical details in my …
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The Capital Sculpture of Wells Cathedral, c. 1184-1210
… with an understanding that this type of art was viewed by people of different classes and professions, with each viewer bringing their own personal experiences and abilities into how they could have read and understood these types of images. Therefore, the capitals at Wells must be read …
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'n Ondersoek na die bronne wat Matthias Grünewald gebruik het vir die skilder van die Isenheim-altaarstuk : die Kruisigingstoneel
… Ages. External factors also influenced the artists’ life. Matthias Grünewald is one of the artists inspired by the Bible and external factors. This study attempts to determine what possible sources the painter, Matthias Grünewald,used for the painting of the crucifixion scene of the Isenheim …
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A vida e a obra do historiador Flávio Gonçalves (1929-1987) : estudos breves
… personalidade multidisciplinar. Historiador da Arte, iconógrafo, iconólogo, investigador, professor, conferencista, constitui-se como objeto de estudo proposto para a dissertação final do mestrado em Estudos do Património. Homem de ciência, Flávio Gonçalves é apesar de tudo um autor pouco …