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The Spirit of Secular Art
Robert Nelson
其他書名
A History of the Sacramental Roots of Contemporary Artistic Values
出版
Monash University ePress
, 2007
主題
Art / General
Art / Criticism & Theory
Art / History / General
Body, Mind & Spirit / Spirituality / General
Philosophy / Aesthetics
Religion / Spirituality
ISBN
0980361613
9780980361612
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WHXzh-vW0gQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
THE SPIRIT OF SECULAR ART explains the spiritual prestige of art. Various theorists have discussed how art has an aura or indefinable magic. This book explains how, when and why it gained its spiritual properties. The idea that all art is somehow spiritual (even though not religious) is often assumed; this book, while narrating the historical trajectory of art in the most accessible language, reveals how the mysteries of religious practice are abstracted and saved through all stages of secularisation in European culture. THE SPIRIT OF SECULAR ART presents a coherent theory defining the sacred basis of Western aesthetics. It evocatively describes the afterlife of the holy from Ancient Greece to the present, and outlines how the mysterious institution of art can be explained in material terms. Unlike other books in the genre, THE SPIRIT OF SECULAR ART radically deconstructs traditional art history in terms of 'prestige' and the value of the non-material. The book functions as: an alternative critical history of art, integrated with the histories of literature and belief; a philosophical essay on the fundamental values of art and religion; and a critique of the spiritual conceits of contemporary aesthetics and art appreciation.