Plough Quarterly No. 18 - the Art of Community |
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| Author:
| Beauchamp, Scott
Scruton, Roger
Navid, Kermani
Mikhail, Fadi
Sayers, Dorothy L.
Black, Susannah
Berger, John
Carlin, John
Arnold, Eberhard
Ruden, Sarah
Swinger, Maureen
Hallock, Emily
Baldwin, James |
| Managing editor:
| Mommsen, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87486-057-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2018 |
| Publisher: | Plough Publishing House
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.00 |
Book Description:
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Can beauty save the world? These days criticism of art--whether visual, musical, or literary--is often marked by a suspicion of beauty. What happened to the belief that the creativity of the artist reflects the creativity of the Maker of heaven and earth, and that art can therefore be a channel for divine truth? Anyone who has joined with others to sing Bach's
Saint Matthew Passion or stood before a painting by Raphael or Chagall can attest to this. At such...
More Description Can beauty save the world?
These days criticism of art--whether visual, musical, or literary--is often marked by a suspicion of beauty. What happened to the belief that the creativity of the artist reflects the creativity of the Maker of heaven and earth, and that art can therefore be a channel for divine truth? Anyone who has joined with others to sing Bach's Saint Matthew Passion or stood before a painting by Raphael or Chagall can attest to this. At such moments, art binds people together. This issue of Plough focuses on art that leads to such community: through theater, painting, music, and the objects and architecture of everyday life. And while art fosters community, building community is itself a work of creativity.
Also in this issue: original poetry by Cozine Welch Jr.; reviews of new books by Eliza Griswold, Alissa Quart, Eugene Vodolazkin, and Nathan Englander; and art by Denis Brown, JR, Valérie Jardin, Isaiah King, Isaiah Tanenbaum, George Makary, Oriol Malet, Alex Nwokolo, Ashik and Jenelle Mohan, Raphael, Aaron Douglas, Winslow Homer, Vincent van Gogh, Wassily Kandinsky, and Jason Landsel.
Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus' message into practice and find common cause with others.