Comments on: Religious art http://artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html a multi-disciplinary dialog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:20:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-136769 Steve Durbin Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:09:11 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-136769 Christopher, To be brief: I don't assume that an artist affiliated with some group (religious, cultural, ...) is necessarily authoritative regarding subjects related to the group. By the same token, I don't assume that an artist not in the group cannot make authentic and powerful art about such subjects. Christopher,

To be brief: I don’t assume that an artist affiliated with some group (religious, cultural, …) is necessarily authoritative regarding subjects related to the group. By the same token, I don’t assume that an artist not in the group cannot make authentic and powerful art about such subjects.

]]> By: Christopher Longhurst http://artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-136577 Christopher Longhurst Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:39:41 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-136577 I’d be interested to know your opinion regarding whether one needs to be a religious person to create works of art that treat of religious subjects? Thank you for your response. I’d be interested to know your opinion regarding whether one needs to be a religious person to create works of art that treat of religious subjects? Thank you for your response.

]]> By: D. http://artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-1791 D. Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:28:27 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-1791 Colin. Beautiful: art as nothing less than the meaningfulness of one's own experiences. Thanks, D. Colin.

Beautiful: art as nothing less than the meaningfulness of one’s own experiences.

Thanks,
D.

]]> By: Colin Jago http://artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-1790 Colin Jago Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:01:38 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-1790 Steve <i>when you took the photo</i> What I was thinking was TEXTURE!. With rock it is all to easy to suck the beauty out of the stuff by photographing it. This snap was a moment when I sensed the opportunity to do something with the rock which wouldn't just be another large format highly detailed rendering (35mm fast mono film and old lens - not a combination to capture detail...) <i>thoughts you might have been thinking at the time </i> This was a very rare excursion outside for someone ill enough that each excursion is significant. Armchair geology just isn't the same. <i>later</i> Much the same things as have been mentioned here. That's why the shot got into this, unrelated, post. Of course, the experiment (in setting a context for a picture that could change its meaning) is void because I didn't have a control group. But it was interesting all the same. Steve

when you took the photo

What I was thinking was TEXTURE!. With rock it is all to easy to suck the beauty out of the stuff by photographing it. This snap was a moment when I sensed the opportunity to do something with the rock which wouldn’t just be another large format highly detailed rendering (35mm fast mono film and old lens - not a combination to capture detail…)

thoughts you might have been thinking at the time

This was a very rare excursion outside for someone ill enough that each excursion is significant. Armchair geology just isn’t the same.

later

Much the same things as have been mentioned here. That’s why the shot got into this, unrelated, post.

Of course, the experiment (in setting a context for a picture that could change its meaning) is void because I didn’t have a control group. But it was interesting all the same.

]]> By: David http://artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-1788 David Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:59:18 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-1788 In that case, Arthur, I completely agree. In that case, Arthur, I completely agree.

]]> By: Arthur Whitman http://artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-1787 Arthur Whitman Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:10:31 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-1787 David, <i>I’m not sure that it applies to all art, but it seems to cover a lot of it.</i> By "fiction", I don't mean necessarily a conventional narrative. I mean that works of art create their own worlds, with their own rules. David,

I’m not sure that it applies to all art, but it seems to cover a lot of it.

By “fiction”, I don’t mean necessarily a conventional narrative. I mean that works of art create their own worlds, with their own rules.

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-1782 Steve Durbin Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:10:11 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2006/11/religious-art.html#comment-1782 Colin, OK, to complete the experiment, you should now describe the situation when you took the photo, and what thoughts you might have been thinking at the time or when processing it later. Just don't think that any of us will surrender our pet interpretation(s) so easily. Your photo is a new thing released to the world and has its own life. Colin,
OK, to complete the experiment, you should now describe the situation when you took the photo, and what thoughts you might have been thinking at the time or when processing it later. Just don’t think that any of us will surrender our pet interpretation(s) so easily. Your photo is a new thing released to the world and has its own life.

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