{"product_id":"faith-in-art-religion-aesthetics-and-early-abstraction-9781350217010","title":"Faith in Art: Religion, Aesthetics, and Early Abstraction","description":"\u003cp\u003eMetaphysical thought has been excluded from much of the discourse on modern art, especially abstract painting. By connecting ideas about faith with the initiators of abstract painting, Joseph Masheck reveals how an underlying religiosity informed some of our most important abstract painters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCovering Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, and El Lissitzky, Masheck shows how 'revealed religion' has been an underlying but fundamental determinant of the thinking and practice of abstract painting from its very originators. He contextualizes their art within some of the historical moments of the early 20th century, including the Russian revolution and the Stalinist period, and explores the appeal of certain themes, such as the Passion of Christ. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA radical new theorization of the influence of religion over visual art, \u003ci\u003eFaith in Art\u003c\/i\u003e asks why metaphysics has been eliminated from the discussion where it might have something to say. This is a new way of thinking about a hundred years of abstract painting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Masheck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Aesthetics and Contemporary Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350217010","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43424232734857,"sku":"9781350217010","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_d756b0bf-29c9-4692-a0f2-60d4cfd276df.jpg?v=1741077986","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/faith-in-art-religion-aesthetics-and-early-abstraction-9781350217010","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}