Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
Auteur de Art, Creativity, and the Sacred: An Anthology in Religion and Art
A propos de l'auteur
Diane Apostolos-Cappadona is Professor Emerita of Religious Art and Cultural History and Haub Director in the Catholic Studies Program, Georgetown University, USA.
Œuvres de Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
The Spirit and the Vision: The Influence of Christian Romanticism on the Development of 19th-Century American Art (1995) 3 exemplaires
The Sacred play of children 2 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
Histoire des croyances et des idées religieuses, tome 3 : De Mahomet a l'age des reformes (1983) — Traducteur, quelques éditions — 495 exemplaires
The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts (Oxford Handbooks) (2014) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1948-05-10
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Trenton, New Jersey, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Études
- George Washington University (BA | Religion | 1970)
George Washington University (MA | Religion | 1973)
Catholic University of America (MA | Religion and Culture | 1979)
George Washington University (PhD | Cultural History/American Studies | 1988) - Professions
- director (Catholic Studies Program)
professor (Religious Art and Cultural History) - Organisations
- American Association of University Women
American Academy of Religion
College Theology Society
Society for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Cultures
Association for Religion and Intellectual Life
Georgetown University
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 13
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 271
- Popularité
- #85,376
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 29
I found her explanations in the Introduction both interesting and essential to gaining a full appreciation of what follows. What is it she is going to do in the book, how scholars like her define and use certain terms, and, since the topic of analyzing anything religious can evoke strong emotions from readers, what she isn't trying to do here. I appreciate the fact she tries to make things as clear as possible, which sometimes means reminding the reader of something mentioned a few pages previous in one context and now used in a different context. While I think the entire book is accessible for a reader with an interest, it is the Introduction that might come closest to being too "academic" in tone. If you start reading it and don't feel the work is worth it, skip it, the rest of the book is still a great read. Maybe you'll want to come back to it later.
Apostolos-Cappadona weaves the sources about Mary and how they were used into a beautiful tapestry. While the art often served to fill in "the space between" from the sources, based on what each period and culture was seeking at the time, this book helps the contemporary reader to look at these works within their cultural contexts. It doesn't mean we can't question why a certain placement is where it is in an image, but we need to include in our assessment what it meant to the people creating and viewing the works at that time.
Highly recommended for those with an interest in Christian iconography and/or Mary Magdalene in particular. While this book focuses on one person, there is a lot for scholars (or scholars-to-be) to learn about how one can contextualize a historic overview of any subject at the intersection of art and any other topic, in this case theology.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (plus d'informations)