Professor Rina Arya R.Arya@hull.ac.uk
Professor and Head of School of the Arts
Contemplations of the Spiritual in Visual Art
Arya, Rina
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Abstract
Many examples of art works are described as spiritual but without fleshing out what this means. This has led to wide applicability of the term but without a sharpening of the concept. I address this by opening up a dialogue between spirituality and the visual arts. I investigate what it means to describe an art work as being spiritual and whether the term {\textquoteleft}spiritual{\textquoteright} can be used in more than one sense in its application. I use examples from different historical periods in art to demonstrate the persistence of the concept of spirituality. The notions of receptivity and context seem to be especially pertinent when thinking about the spiritual - what are the frameworks of interpretation that are required for something to be regarded as spiritual? The paper provides an introduction and overview of the increasing pertinence of the spiritual in a secular age.
Citation
Arya, R. (2011). Contemplations of the Spiritual in Visual Art. Journal for the study of spirituality, 1, 76--93. https://doi.org/10.1558/jss.v1i1.76
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2011-02 |
Deposit Date | Apr 23, 2024 |
Journal | Journal for the Study of Spirituality |
Print ISSN | 2044-0243 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Volume | 1 |
Pages | 76--93 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1558/jss.v1i1.76 |
Keywords | contemplation, sacred gaze, spirituality, visual arts |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4629560 |
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