Imagining Jewish Art: Encounters with the Masters in Chagall, Guston, and Kitaj

Imagining Jewish Art

Arts & Photography

Rosen, Aaron

History & Criticism

Routledge

A fresh approach to the connection between art and religion that seeks to redefine their relationship in the contemporary age The relationship between art and religion has been long, complex, and often conflicted, and it has given rise to many of the greatest works in the history of art. Artists today continue to reflect seriously upon religious traditions, themes, and institutions, suggesting a new approach to spirituality that is more considered than confrontational. Art &amp; Religion in the 21st Century is the first in-depth study to survey an international roster of artists who use their work to explore religion’s cultural, social, political, and psychological impact on today’s world. An introduction outlines the debates and controversies that the art/religion connection has precipitated throughout history. Each of the book’s ten chapters introduces a theme―ideas of the Creation, the figure of Jesus, the sublime, wonder, diaspora and exile, religious and political conflict, ritual practice, mourning and monumentalizing, and spiritual “dwelling” in the body and in space―followed by a selection of works of art that illustrates that theme. Artists discussed include Vanessa Beecroft, Maurizio Cattelan, Makoto Fujimura, David LaChapelle, Annette Messager, Jason Rhoades, Andres Serrano, and Zeng Fanzhi. 225 color illustrations

Art & Religion in the 21st Century

Thames&Hudson

Art & Religion in the 21st CenturyBlaspheming artists get all the press. Some exploit the shock potential of religious imagery - but many also reflect deeply on spiritual matters and are, in fact, some of the most profound and sensitive commentators on religion today. Here, Aaron Rosen shows how religious themes and images permeate the work of contemporary artists from across the globe.

An introduction to art history through the centuries and across the globe A Journey Through Art is a global history of art with a time-travel twist, taking readers on an expedition from the Paleolithic period to the present day, voyaging to thirty locations around the world. Readers will discover Australian caves in the year 35,000 BCE, Rome in the year 1 CE, Cambodia's palaces in 1150, a fortress in Zimbabwe in 1300, New York's jazz scene in the 1950s, Rio de Janeiro today, and much, much more. At every location readers encounter stories of artworks and the cultures around them. Two beautifully illustrated spreads, with close-up photographs of objects, showcase each destination, allowing readers to engage with cultural history in a dynamic and accessible way. This book is a fantastic resource for young readers, families, and schools, written by Dr. Aaron Rosen, an expert in art history and cultural studies. Illustrated in color throughout.

A Journey Through Art: A Global History

Children's Books

Arts, Music & Photography

Imagine having 5,000 of human history's most amazing artefacts at your fingertips! Go on a trip through the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art without ever leaving your home! Prepare to explore the treasures of the world's civilizations--from ancient Egyptian amulets, Mayan jewelry, and prehistoric tools--to Medieval tapestries, Renaissance suits of armor, and modern-day baseball cards. Each page brings you closer to the past as you learn about the people of different ages through the objects they left behind.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Discover hand-picked highlights of the museum's huge collection as you travel through history, one incredible object at a time. This book combines exclusive Met photography with colorful and quirky illustrations in a resource that parents can trust, with a design that kids will love.&nbsp; © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Met 5000 Years of Awesome Objects: A History of Art for Children (DK The Met)

Hodge, Susie

Richards, Mary

BROOKS, SUSIE

DK Children

What would Jesus see if he looked at the world around us today? In these pages, Aaron Rosen, one of the world's leading experts on art and religion, tackles this question by considering Jesus as a visual thinker. He invites readers to use their imagination to explore with him how Jesus saw, what he saw, and why it is important today. Rosen brings a fresh lens to the Gospels, informed by his experience as an art curator and scholar, as well as his life as a practicing Jew married to an Episcopal priest. He examines Jesus's eye for spectacle, his strategies for attentiveness, and his tools for discerning truth amid the flurry of false appearances. As Rosen applies Jesus's unique ways of seeing the world to key challenges facing society today, he taps a surprising trove of examples drawn from art, current events, and popular culture. At the core of Jesus's ministry, Rosen finds, is a call to look at our world--especially those who are most disadvantaged--with radical empathy. In a time when our eyes have grown weary and unfocused, Rosen argues, Jesus offers us the chance to see the world with renewed vision, focused on those who need us most.

What Would Jesus See: Ways of Looking at a Disorienting World

Religious

Broadleaf Books

Contemporary artists are engaging more deeply than ever with religious imagery, themes, practices, and audiences. With a bracing, jargon-free style, Aaron Rosen--a leading scholar, art critic, and curator--takes readers into studios, galleries, and worship spaces as he paints a compelling picture of art and religion today. Focusing on individual artists, from eminent names to emerging stars, Rosen's essays and interviews tackle key questions, from how art might sustain communities to how it might offer new approaches to conflict resolution. Drawing on years spent developing relationships with artists around the globe--from Algeria to India to the United States--Rosen gets artists to talk, often for the first time, about how religion impacts their practice. Whether inspiring or unsettling, these brushes with faith challenge and invigorate the artists in question, and those who ponder the results. Replete with more than seventy color images of works ranging from video art to outdoor installations, this volume is indispensable reading for those looking to see contemporary art in a new light.

Brushes with Faith: Reflections and Conversations on Contemporary Art

Cascade Books

Brushes with Faith

Where’s your creativity? It’s the tingle in your toes, or the hop in your step when you have a brand-new idea. It makes you want to do something that hasn’t been done before. Where’s Your Creativity? is an inspirational picture book for young creatives. The fun and rhythmic text looks at ways children can express themselves creatively each day and sets imaginations alight with ideas. With bold and colorful illustrations, this book explores all areas in which children can express their individual creativity, including dance, music, food, literature and art.

Where's Your Creativity?

Watts, Riley

Tate Publishing

Short-listed for the Art and Christian Enquiry/Mercers’ International Book Award 2009: ‘a book which makes an outstanding contribution to the dialogue between religious faith and the visual arts’. What does modern Jewish art look like? Where many scholars, critics, and curators have gone searching for the essence of Jewish art in Biblical illustrations and other traditional subjects, Rosen sets out to discover Jewishness in unlikely places. How, he asks, have modern Jewish painters explored their Jewish identity using an artistic past which is – by and large – non-Jewish? In this new book we encounter some of the great works of Western art history through Jewish eyes. We see Matthias Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece re-imagined by Marc Chagall (1887-1985), traces of Paolo Uccello and Piero della Francesca in Philip Guston (1913-1980), and images by Diego Velázquez and Paul Cézanne studiously reworked by R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007). This highly comparative study draws on theological, philosophical and literary sources from Franz Rosenzweig to Franz Kafka and Philip Roth. Rosen deepens our understanding not only of Chagall, Guston, and Kitaj but also of how art might serve as a key resource for rethinking such fundamental Jewish concepts as family, tradition, and homeland.

Imagining Jewish Art: Encounters with the Masters in Chagall, Guston, and Kitaj (Legenda Studies in Comparative Literature, 16)

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Imagining Jewish Art

Art & Religion in the 21st Century

Art & Religion in the 21st Century

A Journey Through Art: A Global History

The Met 5000 Years of Awesome Objects: A History of Art for Children (DK The Met)

What Would Jesus See: Ways of Looking at a Disorienting World

Brushes with Faith: Reflections and Conversations on Contemporary Art

Brushes with Faith

Where's Your Creativity?

Imagining Jewish Art: Encounters with the Masters in Chagall, Guston, and Kitaj (Legenda Studies in Comparative Literature, 16)