Idol Anxiety.
Ellenbogen, Josh.
Idol Anxiety. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (258 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Editors' Statement -- Introduction -- 1: What's Wrong with Images? -- 2: The Christian Critique of Idolatry -- 3: The Painter's Breath and Concepts of Idol Anxiety in Islamic Art -- 4: Idolatry: Nietzsche, Blake, and Poussin -- 5: Dreadful Beauty and the Undoing of Adulation in the Work of Kara Walker and Michael Ray Charles -- 6: Iconoclasm and Real Space -- 7: How Many Ways Can You Idolize a Song? -- 8: Iconoclasm and the Sublime: Two Implicit Religious Discourses in Art History -- 9: What We See and What Appears -- 10: On Heidegger, the Idol, and the Work of the Work of Art -- 11: Beyond Instrumentalism and Voluntarism: Idol Anxiety and the Awakening of a Philosophical Mood -- Notes -- Index.
This interdisciplinary collection of essays on idolatry, including both historical and theoretical contributions, shows that the concept of idolatry is helpful for all who study the ways that people interact with and conceive of the things around them.
9780804781817
Idols and images -- Worship.
Idolatry.
Idols and images in art.
Idolatry in art.
Idols and images in literature.
Idolatry in literature.
Art and religion.
Electronic books.
BL485
202/.18
Idol Anxiety. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (258 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Editors' Statement -- Introduction -- 1: What's Wrong with Images? -- 2: The Christian Critique of Idolatry -- 3: The Painter's Breath and Concepts of Idol Anxiety in Islamic Art -- 4: Idolatry: Nietzsche, Blake, and Poussin -- 5: Dreadful Beauty and the Undoing of Adulation in the Work of Kara Walker and Michael Ray Charles -- 6: Iconoclasm and Real Space -- 7: How Many Ways Can You Idolize a Song? -- 8: Iconoclasm and the Sublime: Two Implicit Religious Discourses in Art History -- 9: What We See and What Appears -- 10: On Heidegger, the Idol, and the Work of the Work of Art -- 11: Beyond Instrumentalism and Voluntarism: Idol Anxiety and the Awakening of a Philosophical Mood -- Notes -- Index.
This interdisciplinary collection of essays on idolatry, including both historical and theoretical contributions, shows that the concept of idolatry is helpful for all who study the ways that people interact with and conceive of the things around them.
9780804781817
Idols and images -- Worship.
Idolatry.
Idols and images in art.
Idolatry in art.
Idols and images in literature.
Idolatry in literature.
Art and religion.
Electronic books.
BL485
202/.18