Matthew Millineris Assistant Professor of Art History at Wheaton College. After majoring in art history at his alma mater, he earned an M.Div. at Princeton Theological Seminary, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of Art Archaeology at Princeton University. He is a specialist in Byzantine art, and his research explores how art functions as visual theology, with a focus on how medieval images inform contemporary visual culture. In 2013 he was appointed a member of the Curatorial Advisory Board of the United States Senate.
Visual Heresy: Imaging God the Father in the History of Art
Speaker(s): Matthew Milliner
Date: June 11 2014
Length: 1hr15min
Product ID: RGDL4400J
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Matthew Milliner argues that art as theology is not necessarily good news, particularly when the visual tradition of God the Father is univocal. Milliner traces factors that have contributed to an 'iconographical catastrophe' and offers promising depictions of God the Father from the evangelical visual tradition.
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