Bild und Botschaft
Biblische Geschichten auf Meisterwerken der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
edited by Dresden Johanniter-Hilfsgemeinschaft
Paperback (Published)
(March 2015)
ISBN: 9783795428990
6.65 x 9.49 inches
Price: $17.00
On back order
English summary: In a selection of ten masterworks from the Dresden State Art Collection, this volume opens up key scenes from the Old and New Testaments from the perspectives of art history and theology. This study introduces new points of access to artwork with biblical themes and enables them to be appreciated in their variable meanings as well as their meanings which are directly relevant today. For many years, the Johnite Aid Community of Dresden has offered a particular type of engagement with religious art. On the basis of the successful concept “Image and Message,” held since 1990 in Munich, theologians and art historians interpret carefully selected artworks together within the framework of a series of lectures to present biblical themes. This volume, which has grown out of these lectures, is composed of works such as “Moses on Mount Sinai” by Daniele da Volterra, “The Cure of the Blind,” by El Greco, or the “The Resurrection of Christ” by Paolo Veronese. Scholarly information is provided for each work of art, which provides the art history understanding of the work and on the basis of the relevant place in the Bible, the theological aspects and meaning are also highlighted for the reader. Thus the readers and viewers are offered a new, deepened appreciation for the masterworks of art. German description: In einer Auswahl von zehn Meisterwerken aus den Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden erschlieat der Band aus kunsthistorischer wie aus theologischer Sicht Schlusselszenen des Alten und Neuen Testaments. Er eroffnet einen neuen Zugang zu Kunstwerken mit biblischen Themen und lasst sie in ihrer Vielschichtigkeit und auch heute noch unmittelbaren Aussage wahrnehmen. Seit mehreren Jahren ladt die Johanniter-Hilfsgemeinschaft Dresden zu einer besonderen Art der Begegnung mit religioser Kunst ein. Auf der Grundlage des seit 1990 in Munchen bewahrten Konzepts “Bild und Botschaft” interpretieren Theologen und Kunsthistoriker gemeinsam im Rahmen einer Vortragsreihe ausgesuchte Kunstwerke, die biblische Themen darstellen. Der daraus erwachsene Band umfasst Werke wie “Moses auf dem Berg Sinai” von Daniele de Volterra, “Die Heilung des Blinden” von El Greco oder “Die Auferstehung Christi” von Paolo Veronese. Zu jedem Kunstwerk gibt es fachkundige Informationen, die die kunsthistorische Bedeutung nahebringen und ausgehend von der jeweiligen Bibelstelle theologische Aspekte und Deutungen aufzeigen. So eroffnet sich den Lesern und Betrachtern ein neues, vertieftes Verstandnis fur diese Meisterwerke.
- Edited by Dresden Johanniter-Hilfsgemeinschaft
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