{"product_id":"9780226820910-spiritual-moderns","title":"Spiritual Moderns","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwentieth-Century American Artists and Religion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines how and why religion matters in the history of modern American art.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Andy Warhol is one of the best-known American artists of the twentieth century. He was also an observant Catholic who carried a rosary, went to mass regularly, kept a Bible by his bedside, and depicted religious subjects throughout his career. Warhol was a spiritual modern: a modern artist who appropriated religious images, beliefs, and practices to create a distinctive style of American art.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpiritual Moderns \u003c\/i\u003ecenters on four American artists who were both modern and religious. Joseph Cornell, who showed with the Surrealists, was a member of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Mark Tobey created pioneering works of Abstract Expressionism and was a follower of the Bahá’í Faith. Agnes Pelton was a Symbolist painter who embraced metaphysical movements including New Thought, Theosophy, and Agni Yoga. And Warhol, a leading figure in Pop art, was a lifelong Catholic. Working with biographical materials, social history, affect theory, and the tools of art history, Doss traces the linked subjects of art and religion and proposes a revised interpretation of American modernism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40882471764065,"sku":"9780226820910","price":35.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_15177618_jpg.jpg?v=1705014667","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780226820910-spiritual-moderns","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}