ON RELATIONS BETWEEN ART AND RELIGION
Dear colleagues and friends,
Art and religion have been related to each other ever since the
earliest figurative art. Art has represented the images of
supernatural beings and it is a fundamental 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,
images on the surfaces of rocks or on walls of caves. This heritage is
representing 50,000 years of art history as well as 50,000 years of
history of religions.
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 a wide
range of new 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 and on basic research in psychology, sociology and
anthropology.
Visual art is not the earliest evidence of the presence of religion.
Burial customs and 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 an immense 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
can be enriched by the contributions of new documentation, new ideas
and new thinking, considering a site, a culture or a trend. 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 would allow
your ideas and your discoveries to reach readers and institutions in
over 82 countries.
Please indicate your topic or title as soon as possible. The deadline
for submission of papers is the 1st of July 2021. A complimentary copy
of EXPRESSION quarterly journal is available for free upon request:
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We are looking forward to hearing from you,
Cordial regards and best wishes,
Federico,
(Atelier Editorial Team)
Atelier
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Research Center for Conceptual Anthropology
Città Della Cultura
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