Book: Spirituality in Modern Art
Chapter: Transcribing the Immaterial
Blurb:
Reflecting on the spiritual histories that this study has illuminated through the application of the Immaterial Frame, we conclude with a word of caution. In the post-Enlightenment context, aesthetic expressions of the religious impulse were often dismissed or overlooked because they did not appear in familiar forms. They were too subjective to be neatly categorised. Let us not create new and rigid categories for spiritual art to evade. The frames of reference that we apply should be expansive, elucidating and clarifying knowledge. Always, the researcher must adopt a dynamic approach, with the artwork and the artist guiding the way.