Where heaven and earth meet : the spiritual in the art of Kandinsky, Rothko, Warhol, and Kiefer / Wessel Stoker.

By:

Stoker, W. (Wessel)

Series: Currents of encounter ; v. 45.Publication details: Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (x, 233 pages :) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789401208185
9401208182
9042035447
9789042035447

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

709.03

LOC classification:

N8248.S77 W447 2012eb

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Art and spirituality -- Kandinsky : art as spiritual bread -- Rothko : the tragedy of human existence -- Warhol : a spiritual business artist -- Kiefer : can Heaven bear the weight of history? -- The spiritual image.

Summary: Art has always been important for religion or spirituality. Secular art displayed in museums can also be spiritual, and it is this art that is the subject of this book. Many of the works of art produced by Wassily Kandinsky, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, and Anselm Kiefer are spiritual in nature. These works reveal their own spirituality, which often has no connection to official religions. Wessel Stoker demonstrates that these artists communicate religious insights through images and shows how they depict the relationship between heaven and earth, between this world and a transcendent reality, th.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Art has always been important for religion or spirituality. Secular art displayed in museums can also be spiritual, and it is this art that is the subject of this book. Many of the works of art produced by Wassily Kandinsky, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, and Anselm Kiefer are spiritual in nature. These works reveal their own spirituality, which often has no connection to official religions. Wessel Stoker demonstrates that these artists communicate religious insights through images and shows how they depict the relationship between heaven and earth, between this world and a transcendent reality, th.