What is “Christian Art,” and Does It Have a Slant?
Calvin Seerveld, professor Emeritus at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, thinks Christian art does have a particular slant. In his book A…
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Transposition and Defining or Criticizing Art
As students studying theology and art we frequently try to analyze not just particular works, but also to come to a more precise understanding…
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Picasso’s Guernica: Propaganda, Art, or Revelation?
This post follows from recent discussions we have been having on the kind of role that human artistry may or may not play in…
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Praising the Unpopular: Some Reflections on Taste
In the beginning pages of his latest book Living in the End Times, Slavoj Žižek argues for the different between good taste and true…
Read MoreProvidence in Signs
Author’s note: If you have somehow managed neither to see Signs nor learn the ending, there are spoilers ahead. As a Christian watching M….
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Art and Mind Games
On Sunday, 20 June, the Guardian posted an article titled, ‘Why Modern Art is all in the Mind,‘ reviewing a forthcoming book titled, ‘How…
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The Most Important Production of Art?
If i were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for,…
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Buren’s Columns
In 1986 Daniel Buren created Les Deux Plateaux (commonly referred to as ‘Buren’s Columns’) in the courtyard of the Palais-Royal in Paris. The work,…
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Objectivity, Subjectivity, Worldview, and Art
Imagine a large, circular room with several tiers of chairs along its inner walls. In the centre of the room is a large globe…
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