Where heaven and earth meet : : the spiritual in the art of Kandinsky, Rothko, Warhol, and Kiefer / / Wessel Stoker.

• Author: Stoker, W.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Currents of encounter ; v. 45; Currents of Encounter 45.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Art and Spirituality /; Kandinsky: Art as Spiritual Bread /; Rothko: The Tragedy of Human Existence /; Warhol: A Spiritual Business Artist /; Kiefer: Can Heaven Bear the Weight of History? /; The Spiritual Image /; Bibliography /; Index of Subjects /; Index of Names /; List of Paintings /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283610086; 9786613922533; 9401208182
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Wessel Stoker.

Art has always been important for religion or spirituality. Secular art displayed in museums can also be spiritual, and it is this art that is the subject of this book. Many of the works of art produced by Wassily Kandinsky, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, and Anselm Kiefer are spiritual in nature. These works reveal their own spirituality, which often has no connection to official religions. Wessel Stoker demonstrates that these artists communicate religious insights through images and shows how they depict the relationship between heaven and earth, between this world and a transcendent reality, thus clearly drawing the contours of the spirituality these works evince.