Sincerity : how a moral ideal born five hundred years ago inspired religious wars, modern art, hipster chic, and the curious notion that we all have something to say (no matter how dull)
- Title
- Sincerity : how a moral ideal born five hundred years ago inspired religious wars, modern art, hipster chic, and the curious notion that we all have something to say (no matter how dull) / R. Jay Magill, Jr.
- Published by
- New York : Norton, c2012.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- 272 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Explores the history, religion, art, and politics behind the history of sincerity, spanning a timeline dotted with Protestant theology, paintings by the insane, French satire, and the anti-hipster movement.
- Subject
- Contents
- Reform thyself! -- A saint's heart -- Those tricky bourgeois gentlemen -- Natural man redeemed -- Romantic escapes -- Cascading cynicism -- Long live "sincerity" -- Hip affected earnestness.
- Call number
- JFD 12-5053
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-257) and index.
- Author
- Magill, R. Jay (Ronald Jay), 1972-
- Title
- Sincerity : how a moral ideal born five hundred years ago inspired religious wars, modern art, hipster chic, and the curious notion that we all have something to say (no matter how dull) / R. Jay Magill, Jr.
- Imprint
- New York : Norton, c2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-257) and index.
- LCCN
- 2012010360
- ISBN
- 9780393080988
- 0393080986
- Research call number
- JFD 12-5053