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Religion and the Work of Art

Religion and the Work of Art

Rennie, Bryan S.

Hardcover

PhilosophyArt Criticism & TheoryGeneral Art

PREORDER - Expected ship date January 26, 2027

ISBN10: 1800507879
ISBN13: 9781800507876
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
Published: Jan 26 2027
Pages: 500
Weight: 0.86
Language: English

In the afterword to Religion and Contemporary Art: A Curious Accord (edited by Ronald Bernier and Rachel Hostetter Smith, 2023), S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate insists that to understand the religiousness of art, the artwork is often much less important than the work of art, specifying that, while artwork is a noun, in the work of art, the term work is verbal. There is a tendency endemic in art history and the study of art and religion to remain on the level of content, of analysis of the artwork itself, rather than of its effects.
Religion and the Work of Art employs the word work in its specifically verbal sense. The volume seeks to investigate what art does and how it works, specifically in respect of religions. While consideration and analysis of artworks themselves is necessary, the further consideration of the work of art is the principle focus of this volume. Artis intended in its widest possible sense including conceptual, performative, literary, plastic, audible, and visual arts. Considerations from perspectives as wide-ranging as neuroscience and cognitive science to paleoanthropology and philosophy are included, as are articles on the work of art in specific faith traditions.

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