The first expert critical treatment of Mormon visual art, featuring over 200 high-quality color illustrations
Nearly every major religion has a significant artistic tradition, and religion's relationship with art--sometimes inspirational, sometimes antagonistic, often complex--has generated a substantial body of writing stretching back centuries. In its nearly two centuries of existence, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has produced, inspired, and provoked a wide range of artistic responses. Yet that artistic output has not generated a commensurate amount of critical examination.
Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader
seeks to fill a substantial gap by providing a comprehensive examination of the visual art of the Latter-day Saints from the nineteenth century to the present. It defines Mormon art broadly as art by, for, or about Mormons, including work by artists who share a Latter-day Saint identity and by those with no personal attachment who have responded artistically to Mormonism. The volume includes twenty-two essays by scholars from various disciplines, perspectives, and backgrounds who offer rigorous research and analysis of Latter-day Saint artistic production and culture alongside elegant reproductions of more than 200 works of Mormon art, including panorama paintings, quilts, architecture, sculpture, and cartoons, to film, gallery installations, indigenous works and more. Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader explores Mormon visual art in unprecedented breadth and depth.
Edited by:
Amanda Beardsley (Cayleff and Sakai Faculty Scholar Cayleff and Sakai Faculty Scholar San Diego State University),
Mason Allred (Assistant Professor of Communication,
Media,
and Culture,
Assistant Professor of Communication,
Media,
and Culture,
Brigham Young University-Hawaii)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 260mm,
Width: 188mm,
Spine: 34mm
Weight: 1.538kg
ISBN: 9780197632505
ISBN 10: 0197632505
Pages: 664
Publication Date: 02 January 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword, Richard Bushman and Glen Nelson Introduction, Amanda K. Beardsley and Mason Kamana Allred 1. A Theology of Mormon Art, Terryl Givens 2. Temple Art Renewal, 2000-2022, Colleen McDannell 3. Moving Pictures: Subjectivity and Mormon Identity in Documentary Film, Randy Astle 4. Establishing Zion: Identity and Communitas in Early Latter-day Saint Art, Ashlee Whitaker 5. The Public Image: How the World Learned to See Mormonism, from Cartoons to World's Fair, Nathan Rees 6. Creating Something Extraordinary: Nineteenth Century Latter-day Saint Women and Their Folk Art, Jennifer Reeder 7. Globetrotting Mormon Women Artists and the Art of Travel, 1900-1950, Heather Belnap 8. Aspirations of Grandeur and Tempering Restraints in Mormon Temple Design, Josh Probert 9. Success in Circuit: Brigham Young's Big Ten, Mary Campbell 10. Mormon Art and Architecture in Mexico: Between Mexico and the United States, Rebecca Janzen 11. Defining the Mormon Landscape: Photography and the Representation and Evolution of a Distinctive American Space, James Swenson 12. The Paris Art Mission, Linda Jones Gibbs 13. LDS Artists and the Art Students League of New York, Glen Nelson 14. George Dibble and Modernism in Utah, Glen Nelson 15. 'Draw All Men Unto Him': The Mormon Art and Belief Movement, Menachem Wecker 16. Race and Latter-day Saint Art, Paul Reeve 17. Native Americans, Mormonism, and Art, Carlyle Constantino 18. The Piety of Perspective: Bodies, Media, and Cinematic Experience in Latter-day Saint film, 1970-2020, Mason Kamana Allred 19. Latter-day Saint Feminism and Art, Amanda K. Beardsley 20.
Amanda Beardsley is the Cayleff and Sakai Faculty Scholar in Women's Studies at San Diego State University. Mason Allred is assistant professor of communication, media, and culture at Brigham Young University-Hawaii.
Reviews for Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader
An excellent resource and insightful journey. * Chad Nielsen, Times and Seasons *
