In Image and Spirit, Karen Stone provides a theological and aesthetic background for understanding art as an embodiment of the transcendent. Geared to the general reader, the book helps the reader develop the ability to look at artwork of all styles and from all periods, and interpret and appreciate them from a spiritual perspective. Image and Spirit also explores the communal aspect of art—it can be a prophetic voice that challenges, mobilizes, and sensitizes us, and it can be a pastoral tool that enriches the spiritual and aesthetic journey of a community of faith.
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--an overview of the elements of art and spiritual principles that can enrich our understanding of art
--handy, guide-book style that includes 16 pages of full-color art
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Karen Stone is an instructor of art at the University of Texas at Arlington, and the art specialist for the Fort Worth Independent School District. She has lectured extensively on art and religion, and her work has appeared in dozens of group and solo exhibits and corporate, museum, and individual collections.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good intro,
This review is from: Image and Spirit: Finding Meaning in Visual Art (Paperback)
I enjoyed it. It's a good intro for someone wanting to engage the arts and their faith simultaneously. It seems to be written largely for someone without an trained artistic, or theological background (the "lay reader"). I would definitely recommend it to that audience.
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This review is from: Image and Spirit: Finding Meaning in Visual Art (Paperback)
As an artist who strives for spirituality in my work I was searching for a dissertation or review of works and what others found spiritual about them.
However in Image and Spirit Karen laid out a critique process for reviewing any work of art in the context of spirituality. This book was not what I expected yet it provided me with so much more. It is well written, well organized and provides additional resources. After reading this book, I'll take Karen recommendations and add those suggestions to my wish list. Although one can easily deduce that Karen is a Christian, I appreciated her writing style that did not seem to limit the concept of spirituality to only a Christian prism. She wrote wisely and conveyed easily. I completely enjoyed this book. Dennis Velco Artist [...]
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"I see." Meaning: I know, I understand, I believe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spatial illusion, visible word, fixed viewpoint, ruling order Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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"I see." Meaning: I know, I understand, I believe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spatial illusion, visible word, fixed viewpoint, ruling order Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mark Rothko, Michael Tracy, New York, Picasso's Guernica, Las Meninas, Beckmann's Family Picture, Georgia O'Keeffe, Henry Moore, Marcel Duchamp New!
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- Mark Rothko by Marjorie Cohn on 4 pages
- Varieties of Visual Experience (Trade Version) (4th Edition) by Edmund Feldman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Painted Word by Tom Wolfe in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Drawing on the Artist Within: An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Increasing Your Creative Powers by Betty Edwards in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Religious Aesthetics by Frank Burch Brown in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Real Kids, Real Faith: Practices for Nurturing Children's Spiritual Lives (J-B Families and Faith Series) by Karen Marie Yust on page 102, and Back Matter
- Envisioning the Word [With CDROM] (Fortress Resources for Preaching) by Richard A. Jensen in Back Matter
- Drawing from Within: Using Art to Treat Eating Disorders by Lisa D. Hinz in Back Matter
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