In Brideshead Revisited, Waugh tried to tie specific trends in modern art to the general decline of culture, against which Catholicism stood as a bulwark. This essay examines the conversion of Charles Ryder that interacts with his, and Waugh's, reaction to modern art. Parallels are drawn with the conversion of Saint Augustine. The essay concludes that Waugh's critique of modern art theory is superficial, and ignores the relationship between Christianity and modern art. This relationship is explored through the work of Joseph Masheck. The history of pictorial flatness is traced through religiously inspired art and is seen to be in continuity with modern art such as the black paintings of Ad Reinhardt. Saint Augustine's theology of art as a means rather than as an end functions in Brideshead Revisited as a way to reconcile Waugh's Catholic and artistic intentions. In Brideshead Revisited, Waugh tried to tie specific trends in modern art to the general decline of culture, against which Catholicism stood as a bulwark. This essay examines the conversion of Charles Ryder that interacts with his, and Waugh's, reaction to modern art. Parallels are drawn with the conversion of Saint Augustine. The essay concludes that Waugh's critique of modern art theory is superficial, and ignores the relationship between Christianity and modern art. This relationship is explored through the work of Joseph Masheck. The history of pictorial flatness is traced through religiously inspired art and is seen to be in continuity with modern art such as the black paintings of Ad Reinhardt. Saint Augustine's theology of art as a means rather than as an end functions in Brideshead Revisited as a way to reconcile Waugh's Catholic and artistic intentions.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2016
توصيف ظاهري
608-636
عنوان
Religion and the Arts
شماره جلد
20/5
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1568-5292
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
Brideshead Revisited
اصطلاح موضوعی
Evelyn Waugh
اصطلاح موضوعی
Joseph Masheck
اصطلاح موضوعی
modern art
اصطلاح موضوعی
Saint Augustine
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