Main entry:

Henze, Anton, author.

Title & Author:

Contemporary Church Art / by Anton Henze and Theodor Filthaut ; translated by Cecily Hastings ; edited by Maurice Lavanoux.

Publication:

New York : Sheed & Ward, [1956]
©1956

Description:

64, 128 pages : illustrations, plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Illustrations: pages 3-127 (second count).
Translation of: Kirchliche Kunst der Gegenwart.
Includes bibliographical references (footnotes).
[Table of Contents] -- Preface to the German Edition -- Preface to the American Edition / Maurice Lavanoux -- THE POTENTIALITIES OF MODERN CHURCH ART AND ITS POSITION IN HISTORY / Anton Henze -- Christian and Church Art in the 19th and 20th Centuries -- The Modern Church -- Painting and Sculpture in Church -- God's Tent among Men -- The Patron's Responsibility -- The Instructio de arte sacra -- From the Basilica to the Tent of God -- The Position of Modern Art in History -- New Possibilities -- CHURCH ART AND THE LITURGY / Theodor Filthaut -- The Lord's House -- The Altar -- The Sanctuary -- The Font -- The Porch -- Pictures and Statues -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- European -- Mexican -- United States

Summary:

"In recent decades religious art and architecture have emerged from their nineteenth-century sleep. Slowly we have shed the trappings of a pseudo-archaism and have sought a new direction in design, based on a return to the dynamism of a living tradition, out of which all great art has come. This is a period of transition, of kaleidoscopic experimentation in many fields; new materials present new challenges to the imaginative designer. The rapidity with which changes occur today is disconcerting to many, who hope for a more peaceful and less demanding pace; yet here we are, and any solution of artistic problems must be sought within the framework of life. Some of the achievements of architects and artists in recent decades are illustrated in this survey of contemporary church art; obviously it could not be all-inclusive. But it remains for us to foster a climate in which art for the church can evolve in a free and vigorous manner." -- Dust Jacket.

Subject:

Church architecture.
Church decoration and ornament.
Religious architecture.
Art and religion.
Church architecture 20th century Pictorial works.
Church decoration and ornament 20th century Pictorial works.
Architecture religieuse.
Églises Décoration et ornement.
Architecture chrétienne.
Art et religion.
Architecture chrétienne 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Églises Décoration et ornement 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
churches (buildings)
religious buildings.

Form/genre:

Pictorial works
Illustrated works
Art criticism
Critiques d'art.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Filthaut, Theodor, 1907-1967, author.
Hastings, Cecily, 1924- translator.
Lavanoux, Maurice, 1894-1974, editor, writer of preface.

Holdings:

Location: Library main cormier 138063
Call No.: ID CORM6; ID:87-B16775
Status: Available

Location: Library main 138064
Call No.: ID:87-B16775
Status: Available