Esta historia de la iglesia, que habla de ella como comunidad e institución, abarca el camino recorrido por la iglesia durante los primeros siete siglo de la era cristiana, en los cuales esta misma comunidad comenzó su devenir histórico superando muchos obstáculos hasta convertirse en una institución que tenía una palabra para decir a la sociedad de aquel tiempo.
Este libro dedicado al arte cristiano es una obra de historia y de reflexión. De historia, porque el lector puede seguir en él, con minuciosidad, toda la evolución estilística de las artes plásticas en el mundo occidental desde el siglo ni hasta hoy, mediante el análisis de sus más espléndidas obras y la información sobre sus más insignes creadores. Pero es también una obra de reflexión, porque el autor se va planteando simultáneamente la razón de ser del arte cristiano, en cuanto hace ver que las más dolorosas disensiones que la Iglesia católica ha sufrido en ciertas coyunturas históricas no sólo han sido crisis dogmáticas y morales, sino también crisis de la sensibilidad y crisis del arte. Finalmente, es un libro que, en cada uno de sus capítulos, explica la significación que tienen las obras de arte, haciendo visibles, a través de ellas, la religiosidad y el temple espiritual y moral del cristiano de cada época.
In today's world we want everything to be clear, effective and instantaneous, a useless desire that, in addition, locks the human being into only appearance. Contemporary art, as a reflection of the concerns and needs of today's humanity demands attention, silence, reflection and a discerning eye. For this reason, it becoems a privileged platform for the encounter with Mystery, with a God who escapes all configurations or concepts. This function is what makes the work of the Dominican, Kim En Joong OP, an internationally recognised artist, so remarkbale. These pages deepen, from a novel theologhical perspewctive, the different elements that nmake up his work: colour, shape, light, composition ... a persoewctrive that guides us towards the contemplation of the Mystery that the painter shows us. A fascinating book, which is one and the same time accesible and a gift for all, believer or not, who feels the thirst for depth.
The Hebrew Bible and art reside at the core of this book, which analyzes the iconographic representation of several women of the Bible. The contributors consider the ways in which the biblical texts regarding these women had been read and understood throughout time and the means by which they were represented. Each study also explores the different values associated with these representations according to the problems, worries and concerns of each period. Drawing upon disciplines such as theology, philology or history of art, the essays within this volume provide a cross-sectional, plural and rich approach. In focusing upon iconographic representation, numerous visual cultures of the last millennium are explored, and special emphasis is placed upon several integral biblical women such as Bathsheba, Moses' mother, the Pharaoh's Daughter, Ruth, Naomi and Deborah, and their lasting influence upon Western art and culture. This book pursues an understanding of the history of the transmission and reception of the Bible in general, and of the women of the Old Testament in particular.
Its extensive bibliography, essays treating the history of the field and individual case studies which demonstrate current methodologies, by noted scholars in the field make this an invaluable resource to the university, seminary and museum alike
