Works of Light: Vejleå Church, Ishoej - Hardcover

Rocca, Ettore; Macmillan, Duncan; Skogemann, Pia; Brandes, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 877124168X ISBN 13: 9788771241686

Publisher: Aarhus University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The Vejlea Church in Ish is now considered a masterpiece of contemporary Danish church art. It has been visited by more than 200,000 guests during the last decade. In collaboration with Wohlert Architects, Peter Brandes designed the church's artworks: stained glass mosaics, baptismal font, organ, silverware, altar, globe, as well as sculptures and crucifix. The many hundreds of reproductions in the book show the stages from the initial sketches to the finished result. Through this unique documentation, together with the essays of three authors, the book endeavors to identify the church's expression and idea, and define why the "actions" of light and reflections make the church a place of pilgrimage. The three essays are written by Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Edinburgh and art critic forThe Scotsman, Duncan Macmillan; psychotherapist and author and member of the Vejlea Church parish council, Pia Skogemann; and philosopher and visiting researcher at the Sen Kierkegaard Research Centre, Ettore Rocca.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 877124168X
• ISBN 13: 9788771241686
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240