The Figure of Christ in Contemporary Photography
Will be published approx. on 14. September 2020
Book
Hardback
344 pages
978-1-78914-208-2 (ISBN)
Description
In the first book devoted to representations of Jesus Christ in contemporary photography, Nathalie Dietschy presents a rich range of images from the 1980s to the present day.
Acclaimed photographers such as Catherine Opie, Joan Fontcuberta, Greg Semu, Andres Serrano, David LaChapelle, Renee Cox and Bettina Rheims offer fresh - and often provocative - depictions of Christ that address issues from race to sexuality to gender. The Figure of Christ in Contemporary Photography guides the reader through these alternative representations, analysing the complex social, political and cultural issues that the photographs bring to light.
Acclaimed photographers such as Catherine Opie, Joan Fontcuberta, Greg Semu, Andres Serrano, David LaChapelle, Renee Cox and Bettina Rheims offer fresh - and often provocative - depictions of Christ that address issues from race to sexuality to gender. The Figure of Christ in Contemporary Photography guides the reader through these alternative representations, analysing the complex social, political and cultural issues that the photographs bring to light.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
153 illustrations, 142 in colour
Dimensions
Height: 315 mm
Width: 249 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1950 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78914-208-2 (9781789142082)
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Persons
Nathalie Dietschy is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. She is the editor of Jesus en representations (2011) and Le Christ reenvisage (2016).
Content
Introduction: Jesus Christ in Non-religious Art
Part One: Revelatory Photographic Developments
1 The Image of Christ in the History of Photography
2 Photography and the vera icon
3 Faces of Man and the Face of God
Part Two: Quotations and Reinterpretations
4 Secular Stagings
5 From Text to Image
Part Three: Identity Claims and Political Statements
6 Self-portraits as Christ
7 A Female Christ
8 A Black Christ
9 Christ and Homosexuality
10 Christ and the Socially Excluded
11 Combining Cultures
Part Four: Provocation and Scandal
12 Andres Serrano's Piss Christ
13 Renee Cox's Yo Mama's Last Supper
14 Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin's Ecce Homo
Conclusion: Transgression and Reintegration
References
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Index
Part One: Revelatory Photographic Developments
1 The Image of Christ in the History of Photography
2 Photography and the vera icon
3 Faces of Man and the Face of God
Part Two: Quotations and Reinterpretations
4 Secular Stagings
5 From Text to Image
Part Three: Identity Claims and Political Statements
6 Self-portraits as Christ
7 A Female Christ
8 A Black Christ
9 Christ and Homosexuality
10 Christ and the Socially Excluded
11 Combining Cultures
Part Four: Provocation and Scandal
12 Andres Serrano's Piss Christ
13 Renee Cox's Yo Mama's Last Supper
14 Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin's Ecce Homo
Conclusion: Transgression and Reintegration
References
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Index