Visual Theology

John Ruskin, the Pre-Raphaelites, and Religious Imagination:
Sacre Conversazioni

From VT’s second conference in 2019, this collection of essays, by leading experts, explores John Ruskin’s visual theology and the dynamism of the Pre-Raphaelite religious imagination. Contributors include Suzanne Fagence Cooper, Lucy Hartley, Elizabeth Helsinger, and Alison Milbank. From drawings to daguerreotypes, stained glass to engravings, and from poetry to the Bible, this is a book with eyes on the sacre conversazioni created by visionaries from the Victorian era.

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Transforming Christian Thought in the Visual Arts: Theology, Aesthetics, and Practice

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Banner image: Edward Burne-Jones, design for The Tree of Life, watercolour and gouache (1888), featuring in Chapter 5 of John Ruskin, the Pre-Raphaelites, and Religious Imagination: Sacre Conversazioni. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.