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- Title
Context and Experiencing the Sacred.
- Authors
Brown, David
- Abstract
This essay considers how far the original sacred context of a painting or other artefact should be acknowledged in modern galleries and museums. It is argued that such institutions should be concerned with rather more than the fostering of aesthetic experience. An educational role is also important, and this entails that, although nothing should be done to encourage religion, contextualizing painting and artefact will also open up the possibility for concomitant religious experience. Although various formal distinctions are noted, the argument is conducted by means of a large number of specific examples.
- Subjects
SACREDNESS; MUSEUMS &; society; PAINTING; ANTIQUITIES; NATIONAL Gallery (Great Britain)
- Publication
Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement, 2016, Vol 79, p117
- ISSN
1358-2461
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1017/S1358246116000102