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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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A reader in Ohio
This is an amazing book. It opens up all kinds of interesting questions about the importance of seeing and vision in a range of different religious contexts. In each major section, Plate invites us to approach a religious tradition not through its main scriptures but through a visual medium. Islam, for example, is approached via calligraphy as a way of thinking about the...
Published on April 13, 2002
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The quality of the images really bothers me in this book. Every picture is printed in grainy black and white. It really detracts from the full glory the images are supposed to project. As an art text, this is unacceptable. Other than that, it's a fairly good book. Selections are smartly chosen and well-edited.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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A reader in Ohio,
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This review is from: Religion, Art, and Visual Culture: A Cross-Cultural Reader (Paperback)
This is an amazing book. It opens up all kinds of interesting questions about the importance of seeing and vision in a range of different religious contexts. In each major section, Plate invites us to approach a religious tradition not through its main scriptures but through a visual medium. Islam, for example, is approached via calligraphy as a way of thinking about the written word as image. Buddhism is approached through zen gardens as a way of thinking about the concept of shinjin (mind-body). I used this book as the primary textbook for a college course called "Religion and Visual Culture." It was a huge success. It is filled with interesting ideas and fresh approaches, and it is great reading. I highly recommend it.
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This review is from: Religion, Art, and Visual Culture: A Cross-Cultural Reader (Paperback)
The quality of the images really bothers me in this book. Every picture is printed in grainy black and white. It really detracts from the full glory the images are supposed to project. As an art text, this is unacceptable.
Other than that, it's a fairly good book. Selections are smartly chosen and well-edited. |
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Religion, Art, and Visual Culture: A Cross-Cultural Reader by S. Brent Plate (Paperback - February 23, 2002)
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