Faith in Art: Religion, Aesthetics, and Early Abstraction

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Faith in Art: Religion, Aesthetics, and Early Abstraction - Paperback

Faith in Art: Religion, Aesthetics, and Early Abstraction - Paperback

by Joseph Masheck
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by Joseph Masheck (Author), David Carrier (Editor), Tiziana Andina (Editor)

Metaphysical thought has been excluded from much of the discourse on modern art, especially abstract painting. By connecting ideas about faith with the initiators of abstract painting, Joseph Masheck reveals how an underlying religiosity informed some of our most important abstract painters.

Covering Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, and El Lissitzky, Masheck shows how 'revealed religion' has been an underlying but fundamental determinant of the thinking and practice of abstract painting from its very originators. He contextualizes their art within some of the historical moments of the early 20th century, including the Russian revolution and the Stalinist period, and explores the appeal of certain themes, such as the Passion of Christ.

A radical new theorization of the influence of religion over visual art, Faith in Art asks why metaphysics has been eliminated from the discussion where it might have something to say. This is a new way of thinking about a hundred years of abstract painting.

Author Biography

Joseph Masheck received the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art, of the College Art Association, in 2018. He is Professor Emeritus of Art History at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, having also taught at Columbia and Harvard, USA.

Number of Pages: 240
Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN
Publication Date: January 23, 2025
ISBN9781350217010
Author Joseph Masheck
PublisherBloomsbury Academic
GenreArts and Philosophy
FormatPaperback
PublishedJanuary 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages240
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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