Faith in Art: Religion, Aesthetics and Early Abstraction

by Masheck, Joseph
ISBN: 9781350216976
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Metaphysical thought has been excluded from much of the discourse on modern art, especially abstract painting. By connecting ideas about faith with the initiators of abstract painting, Joseph Masheck reveals the extent spirituality has informed some of our most important abstract painters.

Covering Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, El Lissitzky, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt and Helmut Federle, Masheck shows how theology has been an underlying but fundamental determinant of the thinking and practice of abstract painting from its originators down to the present. He contextualizes their art within some of the historical moments of the early 20th century, including the Russian revolution and the Stalinist period, and explores the appeal of certain themes, such as the Passion of Christ.

A radical new theorization of the influence of spirituality over visual art, Faith in Art asks why metaphysics has been eliminated from the discussion where it might have something to say. This is a new way of thinking about a hundred years of abstract painting.

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Masheck, Joseph
  • ISBN: 9781350216976
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.21 x 1.00
  • Number Of Pages: 240
  • Publication Year: 2023
Language: English