Holman Hunt and the Light of the World in Oxford

Herausgeber: Bockmuehl, Markus

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the religious and artistic story behind The Light of the World by Holman Hunt.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781032533308
• ISBN-10: 1032533307
• Artikelnr.: 71183602

Autorenporträt

Markus Bockmuehl is Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. William Holman Hunt's Religious and Historical Context
3. Pre-Raphaelite Light: Hunt's Vision of Salvation 4. Christina Rossetti's
Christology 5. The Light of the World on Tour 6. Revelation 3.20 in the
Light of The Light of the World 7. A Disturbing Painting 8. Postcolonialism
and Ways of Seeing The Light of the World 9. Holman Hunt's The Light of the
World and Iconography: 'In Your Light We See Light' 10. Seeing God Through
Portrait Paintings of Displaced Women: An Aesthetics of Hospitality 11.
The Light of the World and the Dynamics of Conversion