From the Holy Land to Graceland Paperback Book
Sacred People, Places and Things in Our Lives
From the Holy Land to Graceland: Sacred People, Places and Things in Our Lives
Author: Gary VikanPublisher: American Association of MuseumsCategory: Religion: General, Popular Culture, Religious Groups: Social & Cultural Aspects, Social & Cultural AnthropologyBook Format: PaperbackGraceland is much more than a wildly popular historic house and tourist destination associated with a famous entertainer, and Elvis Presley is much more than the King of Rock 'n' Roll. As former Walters Art Museum director and medievalist Gary Vikan shows us in his fascinating new book, Graceland, the second-most visited historic house in the U.S., is a locus sanctus -a holy place-and Elvis is its resident saint, while the hordes of fans that crowd Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis are modern-day pilgrims, connected in spirit and practice to their early Christian counterparts, sharing a fascination for icons and iconography, relics, souvenirs, votives, and even a belief in miracles. Vikan reveals the emergence of contemporary holy places-Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan, the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, the Grassy Knoll in Dallas, Place de l'Alma in Paris-and shows us that the saints of our day are our martyred secular charismatics, from Elvis to John F. Kennedy, Princess Diana, Michael Jackson, and others.
About Gary Vikan
Gary Vikan served as director of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore from 1994 to 2012. An internationally known Byzantinist and scholar of medieval art, Dr. Vikan has published and lectured extensively on topics as varied as early Christian pilgrimage, medicine and magic, icons, the Shroud of Turin, neuroscience and aesthetics, and Elvis Presley. He is adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University, Department of Art History, and a faculty member in the Johns Hopkins University School of Continuing Studies. He was named Chevalier de l Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture and Communication in 2000. A native of Minnesota, he received his B.A. from Carleton College in 1967 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1976.(BK-9781933253725)
| SKU | BK-9781933253725 |
| Barcode # | 9781933253725 |
| Brand | American Association of Museums |
| Artist / Author | Gary Vikan |
| Shipping Weight | 0.6400kg |
| Shipping Width | 0.180m |
| Shipping Height | 0.010m |
| Shipping Length | 0.260m |
| Assembled Length | 25.700m |
| Assembled Height | 1.300m |
| Assembled Width | 18.300m |
| Type | Paperback |
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