Website review: Spirituality in Abstract Art
Inga discovered this in Religion
•2 reviews since Apr 29, 2006
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Inga discovered 26 months ago- From the page: "...in recent years this story of abstract art has begun to undergo revision. Art critics have discovered that for many artists, abstraction is a way not to express emptiness but to communicate particular ideals... For those able to accept a broad definition of the word 'spiritual' - one that encompasses elements of the mystical, the gnostic, Eastern religions and the occult, and has few, if any, discernible connections with the Hebrew or Christian Scriptures - abstract art might be approached as a doorway to the symbolism of modern culture's spiritual underground... Seeing the connection between abstract art and spiritual exploration is sure to contribute to a better understanding of the metaphysical quests taking place on the fringes of our culture. Though these quests undoubtedly are alien to many, they are rooted in intellectual currents that arose more than a century ago and have never disappeared..." I want to believe. I really do.
- laodan rated 26 months ago
Spirituality in Abstract Art It seems to me that this article just tries to amalgamate the search for meaning observed in modern art with a search for religion. The author does not seem to understand that visual art expressing the "first degree image that projects on the retina" is gradually being superseded by visual signs expressing the meaning discovered using our brains... via Inga's SU pages by Pamela Schaeffer in religionOnline """ "Art is the daughter of the divine," contended philosopher Rudolf Steiner in the 1920s. Most art 1overs today would assume that Steiner was referring to a pre-20th-century past. True, art was once the daughter of the divine, they might say. But in the 20th century the once-dutiful daughter has struck out on her own, ignoring her religious heritage (indeed, ignoring religious subject matter altogether) and turned her attention to form. Abstract art is a purely aesthetic activity. Certainly in the late 20th century, it is rarely associated with religion. """ URL: Spirituality in Abstract Art
