Theology and Modern Irish Art.
Author: THIESSEN, Gesa E.
Dublin: Columba Press, 1999. 304 pages. Illustrated. Hardback.
Gesa Thiessen’s absorbing book, Theology and Modern Irish Art, is a timely consideration of the rich stream of spirituality running through modern Irish painting which has remained all but ignored until now. Modern visual incarnations of the abiding themes of the Christian religion are discussed and a probing exploration is offered of the theology of so-called ‘profane’ painting in this most secular of centuries. In this way the issue of the failure of the church to patronise ‘great’ religious painting in the twentieth century is balanced by a fascinating account of the aesthetics of spirituality in autonomous modern Irish painting which provides much food for thought on the eve of the millennium.
— Dr Peter Cherry, Department of History of Art, Trinity College, Dublin
Contents:-
Acknowledgements
Introduction
List of Paintings
CHAPTER I
Theology and Art: The Background
Ultimate Reality in Art
Theological Aspects in Modern European Art
CHAPTER II
The Artist Speaks:
Theology and Spirituality in the Life of the Painter
Mainie Jellett, Jack Butler Yeats, Louis le Brocquy, Gerard Dillon, Colin Middleton, Patrick Collins, Tony O’Malley, Patrick Scott,
Patrick Graham, Patrick Hall.
CHAPTER III
Images of Transcendence:
A Theological Interpretation of Selected Paintings
List of Paintings on page 14
CHAPTER IV
Conclusion: Towards a Theology of Art
Context and Interpretation
Towards a Hermeneutics for a Theology of Art
Theology, Art and the Imagination
Theology in Art - Art in Theology
Bibliography
Index
ISBN: 1856072673
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