Beyond Belief: Theoaesthetics or Just Old-Time Religion?

Beyond Belief: Theoaesthetics or Just Old-Time Religion? explores the possible reemergence of a theological dimension to contemporary art. Long estranged from symbol and sacrament, contemporary artists--and those who think and write about them--seem to have turned once again to a vision rooted in the sacred. In an era marked culturally by world-weary cynicism and self-conscious irony, a new "humanism" may be emerging, one which aims to move beyond fragmentation and opposition to integration and unification. The aim of this book is not to propose a resurgence of religious iconography, but rather to give voice to long-suppressed--often maligned, and certainly professionally risky--positions informed by and reverberating with themes of the sacred. The essays included here, by a range of scholars working on these issues today, originated as a lively and spirited session of the 2008 College Art Association annual conference.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608990877
• ISBN13: 9781608990870
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.3"