Religion and ritual : from ancient Greece to contemporary America [videorecording] / [lecture by] Jan Bremmer ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Religion and ritual : from ancient Greece to contemporary America [videorecording] / [lecture by] Jan Bremmer ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/297567456

The Getty Research Institute's 2006-2007 annual scholar theme, "Religion and ritual," focuses on the interrelation of religion and the visual arts. Jan Bremmer, professor of science of religion and comparative religious studies, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Holland, and the inaugural Getty Villa professor in residence, explores the idea that religion and ritual are self-evident concepts that can be applied equally well to ancient Greece, Enlightenment Europe, and contemporary America. He argues that there are important differences between ancient Greece and the modern western world. Bremmer supports his argument with select case studies, such as the Eleusinian mysteries of ancient Greece and one of the first comparative studies of religion, Bernard Picart's Ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world (1723-1737).

1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (70 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Getty Research Institute

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7275086

Getty Research Institute

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

J. Paul Getty Museum. Villa Program Coordination

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6553bvk (corporateBody)

The Getty Villa, located just off the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, California, operates as a museum and educational center dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. The Getty Villa was designed to house J. Paul Getty's art collection when it outgrew his Ranch House, which had served as a private museum since 1954. After considering various options for expanding the Ranch House, Getty decided in the fall of 1968 to build a ne...

Bremmer, Jan N.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60z9zgr (person)