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ART 4 GOD
On this page you can find:
Introduction
About the project
Resources
Downloads
Tell us your views
Introduction
Art 4 God is an innovative project carried
out in partnership with the Mission and Discipleship Council
and artist and art historian Fiona Campbell.
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About the project
In the 21st century advertising has all the best images! Millions
of pounds are poured into creating sublime images to be admired,
envied and imitated. Whether it’s designer clothes, amazing
food, the drive-of-your-life or beauty products ‘because
you’re worth it’, the images to promote these products
are created with the kind of skill and attention which in past
years was dedicated to works of art. Magazines and TV bring
these images into our homes as a life-style bible.
Rejoice! project art resource
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When did the real Bible last accomplish
that? From the 13th to the 19th century religious communities
and individuals were commissioning works of art for churches,
public buildings and affluent homes. Artists used the
finest materials to make images inspired by the Bible
or the lives of ordinary people who became spiritual role-models.
People flocked to see them, to celebrate and affirm their
faith, and for those with the means and the determination,
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By the 19th century mass re-production by engraving, made images
available and affordable. A print of William Holman Hunt’s
painting The Saviour of the World
(of Christ holding a lantern and knocking at an overgrown door
alongside the Bible quotation “Behold I stand at the door
and knock”) was bought by thousands of people as it expressed
and encouraged Victorian Christians at a time of uncertainty
and doubt.
| So how did secular images come to push Christian
ones aside? Why, in this image-laden, image-driven society
of 2007, are Christian images – old and new –
rarely talked about or used? Where are the Christian images
and how can we see and use them? Who’s making new
images and why? |
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This research project, led by Fiona Campbell,
is engaged in looking at these issues by speaking to art
galleries, artists, worship leaders, clergy and congregations. |
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Resources
The Art of the Parish is produced
as a series of individual folders. The sections relevant to
art and architecture are:
- Art of the Parish 4 :Space for
worship Roy Wilson - architect and minister
- Art of the Parish 5: Moving
Worship How can our senses enhance worship?
- Art of the Parish 6 Seeing is
Believing (Fiona Campbell - Artist)
These and other titles are available by mail order for £5
plus £1 postage and packaging from:
The Netherbow: Scottish Storytelling Centre
43 to 45 High Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1SR
Telephone: 0131 556 9679
Fax: 0131 557 5224
Email: reception@scottishstorytellingcentre.com
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Downloads
The following information downloads are available in Word [.doc],
rich text [.rtf] and text only [.txt] formats. Please note that
due to formatting, the [.rtf] file is quite large and may take
some time to download on a standard connection.
Download: Christianity
- words or pictures?
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| Download: Leading worship
- what's Art got to do with it? |
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Tell us your views
Have your say on the use of art and images in the worship and
mission of the Church by filling in our online
form here. Your responses, which will be forwarded to the
Art 4 God project team, will help shape resources for art in
worship for the future. Thank you for your time.
More information about the Mission and Discipleship Council
is available from our mainsite
here.
[Church of Scotland
mainsite]
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