Discusses the creation of sacred space in the 21st century, examining 28 works by Tobi Kahn including his commission for Congregation Emau-El B'ne Jeshrun in Milwaukee.
This essay traces the unfolding visual biography of the Sacred Heart, showing how imagery and visual practice document the history of the devotion and the remarkable range of its evolution.
A study of devotional images that traces their historical links to important strains of American culture. It demonstrates how popular visual images - from Warner Sallman's 'Head of Christ' to velvet renditions of DaVinci's 'Last Supper' to illustrations on prayer cards - have assumed central roles in contemporary American lives and communities.
Explores how viewers absorb and process religious imagery and how their experience contributes to the social, intellectual, and perceptual construction of reality. This book discusses religious functions of images and the tools that viewers use to interpret them.
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