Image and Spirit: Finding Meaning in Visual ArtKaren Stone provides a theological and aesthetic background for a view of art as visible Word - as embodiment of the transcendent. Geared to the non-speacilist, the book develops the reader's ability to interpret and appreciate artworks, of any style and from any period, from a spiritual perspective. The book also explores the communal aspect of art as a prophetic Word that challenges, mobilizes. and sensitizes the Christian community; and as a pastoral Word which enriches the spiritual and aesthetic journey. |
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Art Criticism That Opens Us to Meaning | 45 |
Using Our Natural Ways of Seeing | 52 |
Formal Analysis | 70 |
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