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1st ed.

1 online resource (185 pages)

ISBN 9780980361612 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780980361605

Print version: Nelson, Robert Spirit of Secular Art Clayton, VIC : Monash University ePress,c2007 ISBN 9780980361605

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Secular sacraments and the prestige of art -- Chapter 2 Mortal theatre -- Chapter 3 Body and blood -- Chapter 4 The agonies of spiritual invention -- Chapter 5 Substance and sublimity -- Chapter 6 The industrial spirit -- Chapter 7 Mechanical reproduction -- Chapter 8 The new and the true -- Chapter 9 In the name of critique -- Chapter 10 Globalization of the Indigenous spirit -- Chapter 11 Conclusion -- References.

The Spirit of Secular Art: A History of the Sacramental Roots of Contemporary Artistic Values 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 * a critique of the spiritual conceits of contemporary aesthetics and art appreciation..

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