1st Edition
The Art of the Sublime Principles of Christian Art and Architecture
By Roger Homan
Copyright 2006
224 Pages
by
Routledge
239 Pages
by
Routledge
239 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the view of Hegel and others, pagan art is the art of the beautiful and Christian art is the art of the sublime. Roger Homan provides a comprehensive and informative account of the course of Christian art, encompassing a re-evaluation of conventional aesthetics and its application to religious art. Homan argues that taste and aesthetics are fashioned by morality and belief, and that Christian... Read more
Contents: Introduction; The beautiful and the holy; The fear of God; Gothic; Puritan aesthetics; Spirit and conscience; Morality and Christian art; Conclusion; Bibliography; Works of art cited; Buildings and artefacts of interest; Index.
Biography
Roger Homan is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Brighton, UK.
'... Homan is full of original ideas and insights... writes with great insight and feeling about the Gothic.' Art and Christianity 'Recommended.' Choice
