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English
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Mormonism and American Religious Art
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Sunstone
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May/June 1978
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Sunstone Education Foundation
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13-17
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The author commends the work of C. C. A. Christensen and says, 'Indeed, I believe that I, and the historians of American art, value them more highly than do the Mormon people for whom they were made.' There is such an area of study as Religious art but not 'Mormon art, women's art, black art' because they must all be judged according to the standards of their own branch of art. Author appeals to Mormons '. . . to remove the illustrative, shallow, socialist-realist art, and await the coming of the artists who are equal to your epic history and your grand vision.' American setting