| Description |
189 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-185) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The power of offensive images -- ch. 1. Defining and delimiting blasphemy -- ch. 2. The power of images meets religious and political power -- ch. 3. Blaspheming the gods of modernity. |
| Summary |
"Blasphemy: Art That Offends examines the emergence of blasphemy as a concept in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, to its contemporary status and definition in an ostensibly more liberal world, but one that is divided over what is acceptable, with politics and religion remaining inextricably linked. With works ranging from fourteenth century Islamic calligraphy to Andres Serrano's Piss Christ and Theo Van Gogh's Submission, Blasphemy: Art That Offends takes a broad view of what is, and has historically been, perceived as controversial, idolatrous or obscene."--Jacket. |
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Religion in art.
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Art and religion.
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Art and religion. (OCoLC)fst00815425
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Religion in art. (OCoLC)fst01093878
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| ISBN |
9781904772538 ($45.00) |
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1904772536 ($45.00) |
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