Pattison has in his
sight the (false?) dichotomy between Modern Art and Christianity.
While many artists reject a religious faith or world-view, or
possibly increasingly are indifferent to faith – one of a number of
irrelevances that have not bearing on their work. However Pattison
notes that “Context and reception must also be weighed, and the
work's effects belong to the work, whatever the intention of the
artist.” Therefore the meaning of a work can go beyond the
understand of the artist, and so Pattison goes on to explore a range
of artist's work in this spirit.
A book about Art
without any illustrations does make it essential to be reading it
within reach of a search engine to see the works that Pattison makes
essential to his analysis.
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