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Our Distance from God: Studies of the Divine and the Mundane in Western Art and Music

James D. Herbert

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Description:In this encounter between reflections on Christian theology and the history of art and music, James D. Herbert considers how specific works of art establish a relation between the divine and the earthbound audiences for whom the art was created. He looks at five case studies over four centuries: the architecture and artworks that glorified Louis XIV at Versailles, the interaction of libretto and music in Richard Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung, "Claude Monet's enormous paintings of water lilies mounted at the Orangerie of Paris in 1927, the inaugural performance in 1962 of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem "at the new Anglican cathedral in Coventry, and Robert Wilson's recent installation based on the Passion, "14 Stations."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Our Distance from God: Studies of the Divine and the Mundane in Western Art and Music. To get started finding Our Distance from God: Studies of the Divine and the Mundane in Western Art and Music, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In this encounter between reflections on Christian theology and the history of art and music, James D. Herbert considers how specific works of art establish a relation between the divine and the earthbound audiences for whom the art was created. He looks at five case studies over four centuries: the architecture and artworks that glorified Louis XIV at Versailles, the interaction of libretto and music in Richard Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung, "Claude Monet's enormous paintings of water lilies mounted at the Orangerie of Paris in 1927, the inaugural performance in 1962 of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem "at the new Anglican cathedral in Coventry, and Robert Wilson's recent installation based on the Passion, "14 Stations."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Our Distance from God: Studies of the Divine and the Mundane in Western Art and Music. To get started finding Our Distance from God: Studies of the Divine and the Mundane in Western Art and Music, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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