Redeeming Vision A Christian Guide to Looking at and Learning from Art (Paperback)

Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt

ISBN 10: 154096597X / ISBN 13: 9781540965974

Published by Baker Publishing Group, Ada, MI, 2023

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Paperback. We are formed by the images we view. From classical art to advertisements and from news photos to social media, the images we look at mold our ideas of race, gender, and class. They shape how we love God and our neighbor. This practical guide helps us look closely at and understand how a wide variety of images make meaning as aesthetic and cultural objects. Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt teaches us how to learn from art rather than critique it and how to respond to images in Christian ways, allowing them to positively transform us and how we love. The book includes twenty-three images, most in full color, that range from classical European paintings to Central African sculpture, from Chinese ink painting to political propaganda, and from stark anthropological photographs to unconventional installations." Premised on the belief that we are all morally formed by images, this illustrated resource provides a practical guide for Christian viewing, offering tools for closely looking at and learning from art and from images we encounter in the media. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Redeeming Vision A Christian Guide to Looking at and Learning from Art (Paperback)
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group, Ada, MI
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 154096597X
• ISBN 13: 9781540965974
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Christianity Today 2024 Award of Merit (Culture and the Arts)

The Gospel Coalition 2023 Book Award (Arts & Culture)

We are formed by the images we view. From classical art to advertisements and from news photos to social media, the images we look at mold our ideas of race, gender, and class. They shape how we love God and our neighbor.

This practical guide helps us look closely at and understand how a wide variety of images make meaning as aesthetic and cultural objects. Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt teaches us how to learn from art rather than critique it and how to respond to images in Christian ways, allowing them to positively transform us and how we love.

The book includes twenty-three images, most in full color, that range from classical European paintings to Central African sculpture, from Chinese ink painting to political propaganda, and from stark anthropological photographs to unconventional installations.

About the Author

Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt (PhD, Washington University in St. Louis) is professor of art and art history at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, and author of the award-winning book Redeeming Vision: A Christian Guide to Looking at and Learning from Art. She has written for Christianity Today and has spoken at The Gospel Coalition Women's Conference. As a biracial Japanese-white woman, she has navigated the joys and tensions of a hybrid identity.