Pour décoder un tableau religieux
Éliane Burnet, Régis Burnet - Collection Pour lire
Résumé
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How can we recognise an Annunciation? What are the gifts that the Wise Men bring to the baby Jesus? Why did the first Christians represent Christ as a shepherd? Until the 19th century, Western art was largely religious and today we can see it in our galeries, in expositions, museums and Churches... But the viewer finds it more and more difficult to understand what is presented for his perusal. A breakdown in cultural transmission means that today, we don't know how to interpret the symbols of Christianity. By linking the image with the Scriptures and other inspirational texts, by providing explanations of all kinds that allow us to access a depth of meaning and time, the authors bring us a guide to the religious art of Christendom. But first, they had to overcome one major difficulty: to initiate all those who do not immediately identify a woman and an angel, sitting face to face, as an "Annunciation" or a man kneeling in a garden as Christ's agony in Gethsemane. To meet this challenge, they have created a "guide to the identification of scenes" that permits readers to start out from easily recognised elements - people, animals, objects - to put a name to an episode represented in images. Those scenes most frequently represented in art have been selected a characteristic picture opens each of the seventeen chapters and, in the margins, Brunor's illustrations are a source of information and recreation. No previous knowledge is required. Readers may visit image banks on the Internet (the addresses are provided) where they will find the works referred to in the book. And they will no longer hesitate to walk into museums and enjoy the paintings that bear witness to the deep impact of religious culture in the Western world and the amazing diversity of its productions. Today, showing curiosity about the culture of others is more than ever advocated hence the importance of possessing one's own.
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Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Éliane Burnet, Régis Burnet |
Collection | Pour lire |
Parution | 18/05/2006 |
Format | 21 x 21 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 481g |
EAN13 | 9782204080767 |
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