Rewriting Genesis: Biblical Reception and the Case of Barnett Newman
Abstract Barnett Newman’s abstract paintings are often explicitly linked to biblical narratives by their titles. In particular Newman regularly revisits the Genesis creation story. In the wake of the destruction of the Holocaust, Newman sets out to tell a revitalized story of creation in order to es...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Religion and the arts
Year: 2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 296-310 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Newman, Barnett 1905-1970
/ Religious art
/ Genesis
/ Interpretation of
/ Judaism
/ History 1900-2000
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament KBQ North America |
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abstract expressionism
B Mysticism B Judaism B Genesis B Reception B Newman, Barnett B Modernism B Painting |
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