The Triumph of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts from the Renaissance to the Counter-Reformation
Author(s): Viladesau (Author)
- Publisher: ACADEMIC
- Publication Date: 22 April 2008
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 019533566X
- ISBN-13: 9780195335668
Book Description
This is a sequel to Richard Viladesau''s well-received study, The Beauty of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts from the Catacombs to the Eve of the Renaissance (2006). It continues his project of presenting theological history by using art as both an independant religious or theological ''text'' and as a means of understanding the cultural context for academic theology. Viladesau argues that art and symbolism function as an alternative strand oftheological expression―sometimes parallel to, sometimes interwoven with, and sometimes in tension with formal theological reflection on the meaning of crucifixion and its role in salvation history. Using specific works of art to epitomize particular artistic and theological paradigms, he explores thecontours of each paradigm through the works of representative theologians as well as liturgical, poetic, artistic, and musical sources. The period covered by this new volume is one that was especially eventful for both theology and art, and thus particularly fruitful for Viladesau''s project.
Editorial Reviews
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The author's confidence and clear expression when dealing with theology and philosophical concepts give the book real value and make it an enthralling general study. Elizabeth De Leeuw, Journal of Theological Studies
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Theological history through the art of the crucifixion.
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"In this study, Richard Viladesau traces the representation of the cross, both in painting and music, through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, in both Catholic and Protestant churches. The result is at once a theological reflection on aesthetics, but also a profound study of an era which shaped the contemporary world." --Tim Gorringe, St. Luke's Professor of Theological Studies, University of Exeter
"The Triumph of the Cross brilliantly weaves together parallel developments in the non-conceptual language of the visual arts and music and the conceptual language of theology and preaching. This comparison enables Viladesau to probe in a novel and illuminating way the primal passions that animated the evolution of the understanding the person and atoning work of Christ from the late Middle Ages to the Counter-Reformation. It is a masterful exploration of the way in which the most seemingly rational theological constructs are fuelled by visceral motivations. In so doing, it situates classic theories of the atonement in a revealing new context." --Lee Barrett, Stager Professor of Theology, Lancaster Theological Seminary
About the Author
Professor of Fundamental Theology, Fordham University
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