Religion and Art: Rethinking Aesthetic and Auratic Experiences in 'Post-Secular' Times

• Main Author: Džalto, Davor (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; aesthetic; harmony; n/a; beauty; Gerhard Richter; haptic; Cologne Cathedral window; secularism; iconography; Strip; aesthetic experience; iconology; retro-avant-garde; photography; Augustine; concepts: image; Franciscan theology; faith; post-secular; intentionality; aura; theurgy; freedom; authorship; Magdalene; contemporary painting; mysticism; wonder; belief; sacred; art; Vermeer; chance; abstract painting; sensory experience; skepticism; digital imagery; reading/readers; aesthetics; rhythm; book(s); culture; sentience; Jerome; ratio
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How can we think of the "aura" of (sacred) contexts and (sacred) works? How to think of individual and collective (esthetic/religious) experiences? What to make of the manipulative dimension of (religious and esthetic) "auratic" experiences? Is the work of art still capable of me...