Sacred Muse: A Preface to Christian Art & Music

This guide explores Christian currents through art and music, focusing on favorite major artists and their subjects. The authors, Scribner, place Rubens and Bernini in the context of the broader Christian tradition, aiming to offer a brief, illustrated book that encourages the reader to pursue their own explorations.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 15 June 2023
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

This comprehensive guide delves into the diverse and captivating realm of Christian currents through art and music across centuries, offering a personal perspective that highlights beloved major artists and their subjects as exemplars of these sacred themes. The author's expertise in the Baroque giants Rubens and Bernini, who succeeded the revolutionary Caravaggio, provides insight into their central role in this study. Scribner, a renowned author of numerous books on the arts, contextualizes them within the broader Christian tradition. While the focus may be predominantly European, some may argue for a more global perspective, the author aims to offer a concise and illustrated book that can be thoroughly enjoyed in a single sitting. With the intention of being protreptic, this work encourages and inspires readers, regardless of their background, to embark on their own explorations into periods and artists that hold personal significance. The book will feature 45 captivating color and black-and-white illustrations of renowned masterpieces of art.

Weight: 213g
Dimension: 211 x 141 x 8 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538178614