ENCOUNTER BETWEEN ART AND RELIGION: THE VISUAL SHAPES OF RITUALS AND BELIEFS
Art has represented the images of ideas and of supernatural
beings, it is a source of knowledge about the conceptual visions of
the invisible. Every society and culture that produced visual art has
used it for fixing, memorizing and transmitting its intellectual and
spiritual traditions. This is happening in Christian churches, Hindi
temples, Buddhist monasteries, in decorated caves and in rock art
sites, among literate and non-literate societies alike. Wherever
human beings were present, they may have left behind cult figurines
and statues, engravings and paintings on portable materials such as
stone tablets, wood or bone, leaves and animal skins, images on the
surfaces of rocks or on walls of caves. What survived of this heritage
is recording 50,000 years of human creativity, imagination, memory and
emotions as well as 50,000 years of religious experiences.
The relation between art and religion is the topic of a forthcoming
issue of EXPRESSION, colleagues and friends concerned with prehistoric
and tribal art, and those concerned with religious studies, are
cordially invited to propose their papers.
Figurative art exposes aspects of beliefs which are offering chapters
in the history of religion. Besides being in themselves an important
source for the knowledge of art and religion, they provide relevant
sources for the study of the conceptual identity of its makers,
relevant for psychology, sociology and anthropology.
Visual art is not the earliest evidence of the presence of religion.
Burial customs and the presence of burial goods in graves, express
concepts and beliefs going back even earlier than the earliest known
patterns of figurative art. However, visual art, since prehistoric
times, is exposing a variety of images and concepts. Almost every rock
art site may reveal the notions of their makers about their vision of
mythic ancestors, spirits, gods, and other beings and powers of the
invisible world.
The comparative outlook of the many facets of imagining the invisible
is enriched by the contributions of new documentation, new ideas and
new thinking, considering a site, a culture, a period, a fashion or a
style. Papers may focus on specific cases as well as on general
trends, on the description of the images, on myths and traditions, or
on rituals and religious beliefs as revealed by the images, in both
prehistoric and historic cultures. Submission of papers is welcome,
and their publication would allow your ideas and your discoveries to
reach readers and institutions in over 82 countries.
Enclosed a complimentary copy of EXPRESSION 31 where additional
information is pupplied on how to present a paper to this quarterly
journal.
EXP 31:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f1t56ipOYLulXYYaPTuDRxL36IlliR5Q/view?usp=sharing
For additional information: <[log in to unmask]>
Cordial regards and bers wishes
Alisa
Atelier Secretariat
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