Trauma and the Bible: The Artist’s Response

This essay explores how artists have used biblical themes and characters to convey the universal experiences of trauma, anguish, and suffering. In following or subverting standard iconographical conventions, they produced works of stunning originality that encourage the viewer to engage with the bib...

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Published in:Interpretation
Main Author: O'Kane, Martin 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2015
In: Interpretation
Year: 2015, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-62
Further subjects:B Occupation
B man of sorrows
B Diaspora
B Exile
B Imago pietatis
B Species
B Trauma
B Binding of Isaac
B Suffering Servant
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Summary:This essay explores how artists have used biblical themes and characters to convey the universal experiences of trauma, anguish, and suffering. In following or subverting standard iconographical conventions, they produced works of stunning originality that encourage the viewer to engage with the biblical texts they depicted in original and creative ways.
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0020964314552416