To Read List
February 7th, 2007 by Menachem Wecker
Here is what I am reading, or in the process of acquiring to read. Let me know if you have other suggestions, or share your ideas about these or other religious art books in the comments.
Rescuing Da Vinci: Hitler and the Nazis Stole Europe’s Great Art - America and Her Allies Recovered It by Robert M. Edsel
Becoming Judy Chicago: A Biography of the Artist by Gail Levin
Anselm Kiefer: Merkaba by Anselm Kiefer
Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocella
Art As Theology: The Religious Transformation of Art from the Postmodern to the Medieval by Andreas Andreopoulos
Icons or Portraits: Images of Jesus and Mary by Enna Heller
Black Paintings: Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Frank Stella by Stephanie Rosenthal
This Anguished World of Shadows: George Rouault’s Misere Et Guerre by Holly Flora
The Art of the Sacred: An Introduction to the Aesthetics of Art and Belief by Graham Howes
Born Under Saturn: The Character and Conduct of Artists (New York Review Books Classics) by Rudolf Wittkower
Alex Katz Paints Ada by Robert Storr
Marc Chagall The Old Testament by Marc Chagall
Islamic Art and Culture: A Visual History by Nassir Khalili
Holy Image, Hallowed Ground by Thomas F. Mathews
Blasphemy: Art That Offends by S. Brent Plate
Mandala: The Architecture of Enlightenment by Denise Patry Leidy