Encountering Art : Theological Approaches to Visuality.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knauss, Stefanie.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2026.

Summary:

Wie kann die Erfahrung von Kunst auf Transzendenz verweisen?Die hier gesammelten Aufsätze gehen dieser Frage aus theologischer Perspektive nach, in der Begegnung mit Werken verschiedener Genres und Epochen, von der barocken Skulptur zum abstrakten Gemälde und Filmmusical.

Contents:

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgements

Theological Encounters with Visuality. Introduction | Stefanie Knauss

Chapter 1: The ›Profane‹ Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. Reconsidering ›Sacred‹ Art and the Spiritual Significance of Aesthetic Experience | Stefanie Knauss and Davide Zordan

Chapter 2: The Nomadic Aura. Reflections on the Encounter with Art in Conversation with Walter Benjamin | Stefanie Knauss and Davide Zordan

Chapter 3: Presence/Absence in Blue. Art, Reception, and Transcendence | Davide Zordan and Stefanie Knauss

Chapter 4: Seeing the Invisible, Feeling the Visible. Michel Henry on Aesthetics and Abstraction | Davide Zordan

Chapter 5: Aisthetic Theology. Sensory Knowing and Believing | Stefanie Knauss

Chapter 6: Glass, Soil, and Feathers. An Encounter with Contemporary Liturgical Art | Stefanie Knauss and Davide Zordan

Chapter 7: Street Art as Sacred Space. Heterotopia, Play, and Expansive Imagination | Davide Zordan and Stefanie Knauss

Chapter 8: The Utopian Longing of Musicals. Experiencing Transcendence in Entertainment | Stefanie Knauss

Writings on Art and Theology by Davide Zordan. Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783748969952