The beautiful and the sacred in art and religion.This article asserts that the experience of the beautiful and the sacred were joined, but for historical and political reasons they became separated; in fact at times they are seen as opposed and even contradictory. The article presents their opposition which takes the form of "secularization of art" as Van der Leuuw called it, while its counter approach calls for the "sacralization sacralization /sa·cral·iza·tion/ (sa?kral-i-za´shun) anomalous fusion of the fifth lumbar vertebra with the first segment of the sacrum. sa·cral·i·za·tion n. of art" as in the call for the Islamization  This article may be too long.Please discuss this issue on the talk page and help summarize or split the content into subarticles of an article series. of art. This demonstrates what Gadamer called the "alienation alienation, in property laws: see tenure. alienation In the social sciences context, the state of feeling estranged or separated from one's milieu, work, products of work, or self. of aesthetic awareness," when art becomes isolated from our lived world. The article explores the overlap o·ver·lap n. 1. A part or portion of a structure that extends or projects over another. 2. The suturing of one layer of tissue above or under another layer to provide additional strength, often used in dental surgery. v. between the artistic and the holy in the history of art. Art is able to express the spiritual while the sacred also needs the concrete to express the holy. This criss-crossing of the beautiful and the sacred does not cancel the specificity of each. |
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