Image to Insight: The Art of William Hart McNichols
Dadosky, John D.; McNichols, William Hart
ISBN 10: 0826359132 ISBN 13: 9780826359131
Published by UNM Press, 2018
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University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque [Published date: 2018]. Softcover, x, 163 pp; illustrated throughout with full-color reproductions; 31 cm. In very good condition. White illustrated paper covers with French flaps. Light shelfwear only. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Not Ex-library. [ From front flap] Iconography is undergoing a revival in twenty-first-century American Catholicism. William Hart McNichols, who paints in his studio in New Mexico, is one of the most popular iconographers of this renaissance, and this book comprises a selection of his icons and sacred images. The book presents images of holy women and holy men as well as images of Mary and Jesus. Philosopher and theologian John D. Dadosky introduces each piece and demonstrates how McNichols's paintings communicate sacred stories as well as mark significant moments in the artist's personal development. Contents include: Images of holy women; Images of holy men; Images of Mary, Mother of God; Images of Jesus; Holy Images. Seller Inventory # 20250827009
Synopsis:
Iconography is undergoing a revival in twenty-first-century American Catholicism. William Hart McNichols, who paints in his studio in New Mexico, is one of the most popular iconographers of this renaissance, and this book comprises a selection of his icons and sacred images. The book presents images of holy women and holy men as well as images of Mary and Jesus. Philosopher and theologian John D. Dadosky introduces each piece and demonstrates how McNichols’s paintings communicate sacred stories as well as mark significant moments in the artist’s personal development.
About the Author:
John D. Dadosky is a professor of theology and philosophy at Regis College at the University of Toronto. He is the author of The Structure of Religious Knowing: Encountering the Sacred in Eliade and Lonergan and The Eclipse and Recovery of Beauty: A Lonergan Approach.
William Hart McNichols (Father Bill) was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in Denver, Colorado. His icons are now exhibited around the world, and he is the author of several books of fine-art icons as well as children’s books.
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Title: Image to Insight: The Art of William Hart ...
Publisher: UNM Press
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good