Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards is director of the religious studies program at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and author of Van Gogh and God.

Articles by Cliff Edwards

Books

Shock and art

Oct 18, 2003 by Cliff Edwards

Transgressions: The Offenses of Art. By Anthony Julius. University of Chicago Press, 272 pp., $35.00.

Books

Artists in tension

Feb 28, 2001 by Cliff Edwards

Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Search for Sacred Art by Deborah Silverman

Books

Painted word

Nov 22, 2000 by Cliff Edwards

Painting the Word: Christian Pictures and Their Meanings, by John Drury
Seeing Salvation: Images of Christ in Art, by Neil MacGregor with Erika Langmuir

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Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph, by Jas Elsner and The Clash of Gods, by Thomas F. Mathews

Aug 25, 1999 reviewed by Cliff Edwards

The rich and fascinating resources explore the first few centuries of Christian art in the context of the culture of Rome and its provinces, imperial religious ceremonies and competing cults.

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