In the Beauty of Holiness
eBook - ePub

In the Beauty of Holiness

Art and the Bible in Western Culture

  1. 448 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

In the Beauty of Holiness

Art and the Bible in Western Culture

About this book

 
The Academy of Parish Clergy's 2018 Top Five Reference Books for Parish Ministry
Beauty and holiness are both highly significant subjects in the Bible. In this comprehensive study of Christian fine art David Lyle Jeffrey explores the relationship between beauty and holiness as he integrates aesthetic perspectives from the ancient Hebrew Scriptures through Augustine, Aquinas, and Kant down to contemporary philosophers of art.
From the walls of the Roman catacombs to the paintings of Marc Chagall, visual art in the West has consistently drawn its most profound and generative inspiration from biblical narrative and imagery. Jeffrey guides readers through this artistic tradition from the second century to the twenty-first, astutely pointing out its relationship not only to the biblical sources but also to related expressions in liturgy and historical theology.
Lavishly illustrated throughout with 146 masterworks, reproduced in full color,  In the Beauty of Holiness is ideally suited to students of Christian fine art, to devotees of biblical studies, and to general readers wanting to better understand the story of Christian art through the centuries.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. List of Images
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Part 1: Art and Worship to 1500
  9. Part 2: Art and the Bible after 1500
  10. Epilogue
  11. Appendix A: Ecclesial Architecture in the Protestant Tradition
  12. Appendix B: Sources for Iconography
  13. Appendix C: Medieval Manuscript Illumination
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index