Why was religious art with women's imagery produced? Where was it produced, and by whom? What if any were the roles of women in the production of religious art with women's imagery? The Dictionary of Women in Religious Art provides basic information about not only the images of women in religious art, but about their roles in society and women's cultural history as well. The women or female figures considered are frequently goddesses, celestial beings, demons, metaphorical entities, and legendary women, but also historical women as well: religious leaders, artists, writers, and even women patrons of the arts. Here is a wealth of valuable information drawn from sources as diverse as chronicles, cave art, sacred scriptures, ancient archaeology, and contemporary Japanese dance. The over 2,000 entries in the Dictionary of Women in Religious Art and over one hundred illustrations, provide the reader with a full understanding of the symbolism and the multiple meanings of the details found in each piece of art. The Dictionary of Women in Religious Art will serve as an introduction to a fascinating field of study and as an acknowledgment of the need for future exploration of women's imagery in the art of the world's religions.

Dictionary of Women in Religious Art

Arts & Photography

Apostolos-Cappadona, Diane

Religious

Oxford University Press

A Guide to Christian Art

Religion & Spirituality

T&T Clark

A one-volume introduction to and overview of Christian art, from its earliest history to the present day. Diane Apostolos-Cappadona begins by examining how art and Christianity have intersected throughout history, and charts this tumultuous relationship that has yielded some of the greatest outpourings of human creativity. To introduce readers to the way a painting can be read Apostolos-Cappadona begins with an analysis of a painting of the Adoration of the Magi, helping readers to see how they can interpret for themselves the signs, symbols and figures that the book covers. In the more-than 1000 entries that follow Apostolos-Cappadona gives readers an expert overview of all the frequently used symbols and motifs in Christian art as well as the various saints, historical figures, religious events, and biblical scenes most frequently depicted. Readers are introduced to the ways in which religious paintings are often "coded'" such as what a lily means in a picture of Mary, how a goldfinch can be "Christological", or how the presence of an Eagle means it is likely to be a picture of St John. The entries are organized by topic, so that students and beginners can easily find their way to discussion of the themes and motifs they see before them when looking at a painting.

From faithful apostle and seductress to feminist icon, Mary Magdalene's many complex roles in Christian history have fascinated us for 2000 years. Illustrated in full colour, this visual history reveals how images and presentations have created a Mary who is often far different from the real woman, the first witness of the Resurrection in the gospels, or even from her appearances in the works of the Church Fathers.\nBeginning with the earliest sources, uncover who the real Mary was, and what she meant in her own time, before embarking on a fast-paced tour of Magdalene's depictions in great works of art, forgotten masterpieces and contemporary visual culture. Considering relics, statuary, paintings, sculpture and recent works for stage and screen, discover how Mary Magdalene has been seen across time as a witness, a sinner, a penitent, a contemplative, a preacher and a patroness.\nAbove all her complex roles, Mary has emerged as a powerful feminist icon, the closest person to Jesus himself, with a visual history as rich and varied as the roles she has fulfilled in numerous contexts of faith and worship for two millennia.

Mary Magdalene: A Visual History

History & Criticism

Book by Noguchi, Isamu, Apostolos-Cappadona, Diane, Altshuler, Bruce

Isamu Noguchi: Essays and Conversations

Noguchi, Isamu

Altshuler, Bruce

Individual Artists

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

Essays discuss theories of symbolism, sacred and modern art, mythology, religious architecture, and folklore themes

Symbolism, the Sacred, and the Arts (English and French Edition)

ELIADE, MIRCEA

Crossroad Pub. Co

Gently used hardcover. The Continuum Publishing Co, 1995

Dictionary of Christian Art

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Continuum International Publishing Group

Complete with over 160 illustrations, here is an invaluable reference guide for art lovers and students of Christian history, culture, art, or religion. "A tour de force ›and| an indispensable reference to Christian motifs, subject matter, iconography and theology in visual art".--"Publishers Weekly".

Continuum Intl Pub Group

Christian Romanticism was a response to social changes within nineteenth-century American culture, including women's literacy, spiritual domesticity, and the idealization of childhood. This book examines the work of three artists of the first American landscape tradition -- Washington Alston, Thomas Cole, and Frederic Edwin Church -- and two clergymen -- Horace Bushnell and Henry Ward Beecher. It assesses their understanding of the artist as a social and moral teacher, the didactic role of art in society more generally, and a God who acts in history. The author finds that the art of Allston, Cole, and Church expressed and served the dominant middle-class religious ideology of the time -- Christian Romanticism. This distinguishes their work from more elitist and regional work.

The Spirit and the Vision: The Influence of Christian Romanticism on the Development of 19Th-Century American Art (American Academy of Religion Academy Series)

UNKNO

Christian Romanticism was a response to social changes within nineteenth-century American culture, including women's literacy, spiritual domesticity, and the idealization of childhood. This book examines the work of three artists of the first American landscape tradition -- Washington Alston, Thomas Cole, and Frederic Edwin Church -- and two clergymen -- Horace Bushnell and Henry Ward Beecher. It assesses their understanding of the artist as a social and moral teacher, the didactic role of art in society more generally, and a God who acts in history. The author finds that the art of Allston, Cole, and Church expressed and served the dominant middle-class religious ideology of the time -- Christian Romanticism. This distinguishes their work from more elitist and regional work.

The Spirit and the Vision: The Influence of Christian Romanticism on the Development of 19th-Century American Art (AAR Academy Series)

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Dictionary of Women in Religious Art

A Guide to Christian Art

A Guide to Christian Art

Mary Magdalene: A Visual History

Isamu Noguchi: Essays and Conversations

Symbolism, the Sacred, and the Arts (English and French Edition)

Dictionary of Christian Art

Dictionary of Christian Art

The Spirit and the Vision: The Influence of Christian Romanticism on the Development of 19Th-Century American Art (American Academy of Religion Academy Series)

The Spirit and the Vision: The Influence of Christian Romanticism on the Development of 19th-Century American Art (AAR Academy Series)