Radiant Livingness: The Nevelson Chapel at St. Peter’s Church

This paper examines the Erol Beker Chapel of the Good Shepherd in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in New York City, one of few extant immersive environments created by sculptor Louise Nevelson and the only one with explicitly Christian content. In the mid-1970s, Nevelson collaborated with Rev. Ralph Pet...

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Main Author: Zukowski, Karen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Religion and the arts
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 15-42
Further subjects:B St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
B Louise Nevelson
B Fourth Dimension
B Ralph Peterson
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