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Icons of American protestanism : the art of Warner Sallman / edited by David Morgan. - xviii, 246 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

xviii, 246 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents: Warner Sallman and the visual culture of American Protestantism / David Morgan --
Making a "virile, manly Christ" : the cultural origins and meanings of Warner Sallman's religious imagery / Erika Doss --
Marketing Jesus : Warner Press and the art of Warner Sallman / Colleen McDannell --
The ministry of Christian art : evangelicals and the art of Warner Sallman, 1942-1960 / Betty A. DeBerg --
Interchangeable art : Warner Sallman and the critics of mass culture / Sally M. Promey --
"Would Jesus have sat for a portrait?" : the likeness of Christ in the popular reception of Sallman's art / David Morgan.

American Protestants draw on a vast body of religious icons to disseminate confessional views, to teach, and to celebrate various family occasions. This work focuses on the production, marketing, and reception of one such set of religious illustrations, the art of Warner Sallman (1892-1968).

ISBN: 9780300063424 0-300-06342-3

Subjects--Personal Names:
Sallman, Warner, 1892-1968 --Criticism and interpretation.
Sallman, Warner, 1892-1968 --

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Protestantism in art.
Popular culture -- United States.

Dewey Class. No.: 759.13