Anthony Sweat: Repicturing the Restoration

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Our understanding of religion, whether it be scripture or history, is greatly influenced by art. The depictions we see impact not only how we picture certain passages, but also which passages we know at all. In his new book, "Repicturing the Restoration," artist Anthony Sweat felt a desire to capture some of the lesser-known parts of our Church history in hopes of expanding our understanding of the Church’s founding. Today, we talk with him about how Restoration art can change our perspective of this pivotal period.

"Let's embrace all good, all truth. Let's learn. Let's grow line upon line, precept upon precept. Let's maybe alter some ideas we have that may not hold up under the test of time, that need to be rearranged or remodeled. Let's tackle difficult issues and celebrate the glorious achievements."

Show Notes

2:55- Passions Combined
5:24- Role of Art in Religion and Christianity
8:33- The Influence of Art on How We Picture Scripture Stories
11:58- Why Representation in Art Matters?
14:45- Serving Two Masters
18:30- Source Amnesia
31:33- First Baptism for the Dead
25:40- Portraying What We Didn't Experience Firsthand
29:19- Process in Painting
34:40- "No John Trumbull"
42:48- Things as They Really Are
45:20- What Does It Mean To Be "All In" the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

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0:00.0	In the prologue of his new book, Repituring the Restoration, author Anthony Sweat writes,
0:07.4	we have primarily shown the same church history images over and over.
0:12.3	The first vision, Joseph with Moroni, Joseph and Oliver with John the Baptist or Peter,
0:18.1	James and John and images of pioneers, it is for good reason that these scenes are repeatedly painted
0:24.7	since they are central to our founding restoration narrative.
0:28.7	But important and instructive Latter-day Saint history is often more diverse than these handful of events.
0:35.3	As I have taught about church history, seeking to help learners develop a broad,
0:40.4	deep, historically informed and doctrinally mature faith,
0:44.3	I have longed for paintings to visually accompany these types of discussions.
0:49.6	In quote,
0:50.6	so Anthony Sweat set out to paint some of these events from church history,
0:56.4	but he didn't want to just put them in a nice art book.
0:59.4	He wanted the book to serve as a launching pad to learn, evaluate, apply and discuss important aspects
1:06.4	of Latter-day Saint history and doctrine.
1:09.1	That is also the goal of our conversation today.
1:13.8	Dr. Anthony Sweat is an associate professor of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University.
1:20.4	He is also a practicing artist, receiving his bachelor's degree from the University of Utah
1:26.5	before going on to earn his PhD in education from Utah State University.
1:31.5	Anthony is the author of numerous best-selling books and is a regular speaker
1:36.6	at Latter-day Saint events and conferences.
1:39.3	He and his wife Cindy are the parents of seven children.
1:42.6	This is All-In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question,
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