Book
Negotiating rapture : the power of art to transform lives
Record details
- ISBN: 97809338564010
- ISBN: 0933856407
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 200 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm. - Publisher: Chicago : Museum of Contemporary Art, c1996.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 21 June-20 Oct. 1996. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.) -- Exhibitions Art and religion Art -- Exhibitions Art -- Philosophy |
Available copies
- 0 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Carr University of Art + Design | N5020 .C57 M886 1996 (Text) | 30186806 | Book | Not holdable | Missing | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 1996 November
The art world achieved a milestone of sorts with the opening this spring of Chicago's new Museum of Contemporary Art?distinguished as the largest single structure housing contemporary art in North America. This catalog documents one of the museum's inaugural exhibits of paintings, sculpture, and installations. The title refers to artists' attempts (represented here by Francis Bacon, Joseph Beuys, Agnes Martin, and others) to go beyond ordinary experience and approach a state resembling religious ecstasy through their work. Richard Francis, who conceived and organized the exhibit, has compiled essays by a dozen scholars that include copious references to saints, philosophers, artists, and poets of earlier times who were similarly concerned with artistic or religious ecstasy (e.g., St. John of the Cross, Friedrich Nietzsche, Pieter Breughel the Elder, and W.H. Auden, to name a few). Unfortunately, the writing is also notable for the frequent dense prose and "art speak." Still, this well-illustrated book will be an important addition to art libraries.?Margarete Gross, Chicago P.L. Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information.
