Kategoria BISAC: Art >> Subjects & Themes - Religious

Discourses on Śiva is a collection of essays on the nature of religious imagery in Indian art. Focusing on Śaivite monuments, Śaivite iconography, iconology, literary sources, and forms of Śiva, they fulfill several intentions: to clarify the historical processes of and rationales for image formation in India; to give an overview of current methodologies for approaching art in its Indian context, particularly of the ways in which scholars have established subtle as well as obvious links between visual and written traditions; and to create a foundation for viewing...

This book retells the scripture passage of Psalm 23 in an easy to read format for children. The message helps to bring an understanding of God as the Good Shepherd of His people. Coloring activities at the end of the book allow children to express their own creativity.

The series is a creative illustration of the inspired writings in the biblical Book of Psalms. The aim is to bring comfort and salvation to homes and children at a very young age. It will build trust, confidence and courage in children learning to know God.

Simply Knowing God: A Heart's Journey provides an in-depth picture of God's love and the healing that is available to the brokenhearted. Let the images and Scriptures speak to your unique heart as you sit quietly with Him, listening to and laughing with Him. Be "drawn in" by the drawings. He does heal the brokenhearted and bring joy

"At first glance, they are simple cartoons. At second glance, you know there is a message. With a deeper look and a pause, you see a principle ... a word of encouragement ... a reminder ... an answer to a question. There is much more than meets the eye...

Wassily Kandinsky, Max Ernst, Jackson Pollock, and Joseph Beuys were the leading artists of their generations to recognize the rich possibilities that animism and shamanism offered. While each of these artists' connection with shamanism has been written about separately, Evan Firestone brings the four together in order to compare their individual approaches to anthropological materials and to define similarities and differences between them. The author's close readings of their works and examination of the relevant texts available to them reveal fresh insights and new perspectives.The...

The Annunciation: a specific event recounted in the Bible and often represented in artworks, but also the prototype of many other announcements throughout the history of Western culture. This volume proposes new readings of pictorial Annunciations from the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period - treating aspects such as witnesses, inscriptions and architecture - as well as analyses of some visual echoes, reenactments of the announcement to Mary in sacred and profane contexts up to the twenty-first century. Among the latter are included Venetian decoration glorifying the state, a...

Moments in Time: Poems of Life, Love, and Faith are poems and thoughts that were written for the enjoyment of all. It is a collection of poems and thoughts over a lifetime of travel through the world in which we live. It is a celebration of life's experience of the triumphs and failures as we move forward. The language is simple and easy to understand yet intended to be thought provoking and questioning.

Included in Moments in Time are poems like:

"The Christian"

"Traces We Leave Behind"

"Nobody Is Perfect"

"Our Once Proud Country"

The poem "The Christian" was...