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Violence & Peace in Contemporary Art Conference, 2013

This is the eighth in a series of symposiums created and hosted by the Biola University Department of Art. Our presenters unpacked the most constructive models for understanding portrayals of violence and peace, the way these portrayals have functioned, and how they have affected individuals and communities in our culture.

Visual Art & Architecture
stained glass

Being, Consciousness, Bliss: Beauty as Knowledge of God

From the Violence & Peace in Contemporary Art Symposium Dr. David Bentley Hart explains a philosophy of beauty based on the contingency of...

By David Bentley Hart

Visual Art & Architecture
painting

Beauty, Being and Kenosis: Aesthetics of the Incarnation

From the Violence & Peace in Contemporary Art Symposium Beauty, Being, and Kenosis: the Aesthetics of the Incarnation Dr. David Bentley Hart...

By David Bentley Hart

Visual Art & Architecture
collage

Violence and Art

From the Violence & Peace in Contemporary Art Symposium Professor Jonathan Anderson introduces the symposium to the discussion of violence and...

By Jonathan A. Anderson