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DESCRIPTION:Arts Guild New Jersey presents BY THE BOOK\, an exhibition fe
 aturing nine artists creating artworks inspired by literature and the Bi
 ble. The exhibit will be held at 1670 Irving Street\, Rahway. The show o
 pens with a free\, public reception on Sunday\, February 17\, 2013\, 1:0
 0- 4:00 PM\, and runs through March 14\, 2013. Gallery Hours are Saturda
 ys and Sundays\, 1:00- 4:00 PM and Mondays- Thursdays 10:00 AM- 3:00 PM.
  The exhibit is wheelchair accessible.\nFeatured Artists: Howard Lerner\
 , Lou Storey\, Harriet Finck\, Tracie Fracasso\, Winston Young\, Adel Go
 rgy\, Kenneth Kaplowitz\, Siona Benjamin and Robert Eustace\nDuring the 
 course of Western Art History\, there have been several ages when many o
 f the great works of art produced were inspired by the Bible\, and stori
 es were communicated to the masses through these artworks in the years b
 efore the advent of the printing press\, and the level of literacy permi
 tted many people to read the stories directly from a printed volume. Cer
 tainly this is true during the Middle Ages and much of the Renaissance i
 n Europe.\nDuring the many years since then\, great artists such as Remb
 randt\, William Blake (who not only illustrated Poems\, but wrote them)\
 , Eugene Delacroix (in his drawings based on the plays of Shakespeare) a
 nd several other very notable masters were inspired to create visual art
 works based on literature. The practice has continued to the present day
 . During the 70&rsquo\;s\, Larry Rivers created a series of paintings ba
 sed on the violence in Shakespeare&rsquo\;s dramatic plays. Picasso illu
 strated the poetry of Guilluame Apollinaire\, and David Hockney in his e
 arly years created a series based on &ldquo\;the Blue Guitar&rdquo\; by 
 the Egyptian poet Kefavy.\nCertainly in earlier ages\, the point of the 
 great artworks was intended to illustrate stories and instruct the peopl
 e about their literary source---the Bible. In later years the inspiratio
 n of the Bible and in other cases\, plays or poetry was often to create 
 a visual image corresponding to the ideas in the source material\, while
  not serving as mere illustration of the source materials.\nThe BY THE B
 OOK exhibit at Arts Guild New Jersey brings together the varied artworks
  of nine artists who still find that literature---another art form----ca
 n serve as a stepping stone to the creation of complex visual works whic
 h can communicate much of the impression of their literary sources.\nFor
  more information on the exhibition or gallery\, call 732-381-7511 or vi
 sit our website www.agnj.org.
URL:http://newprovidence.patch.com/events/by-the-book-an-art-exhibit-of-a
 rtworks-inspired-by-literature-and-the-bible
SUMMARY:BY THE BOOK: An Art Exhibit of Artworks Inspired By Literature an
 d the Bible
LOCATION:1670 Irving St\, Rahway\, NJ 07065: 1670 Irving St\, Rahway\, NJ
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