Jurate Macnoriute
The Closing Section of Research Into Spirituality Of Art

Main results of analysis

1. The senses of spirituality can be united into these four groups or levels:

1. The supernatural, ghost belonging to realm of religion and faith.

2. Beauty belonging to realm of mind and formalism.

3. Feelings belonging to realm of psychology and ethics. Here beauty unfolds psychically inside.

4. Presence of meaning or purport of communication belonging to realm of thought and conceptuality.

2. In art history second and third kinds of spirituality change one another, the first kind from the rise of Christianity little by little fades, and the forth kind receives importance when formalism (the second kind) weakens. History of art development shows that the majority of civilizations expressed closeness of spirituality with beauty and lightness.

3. Spirituality of works of art of itself depends on art genre. Some genres of themselves are more spiritual, others less.

4. Beautiful harmonic colors do not help for sense of faith, but they are instrumental of secular art; fragmentation helps for expression of religious feelings.

5. Ways of wielding of technique influences on spirituality: courageous wielding of technique gives spirit of courage, timorous wielding of technique gives spirit of timorousness.

8. The mentally ill have high expressed the first level of senses of spirituality, that is the supernatural and ghost, underlining namely ghost. The second level (beauty in formal level) of art of the mentally ill is absent. The third level of spirituality (feelings) is strongly developed. Horror, depiction of own psychological situation are main subjects of art of the mentally ill. Purport of communication of the mentally ill is their themselves therapy.

All articles on theme spirituality of art

1. Introduction to Spirituality of Art

2. Characteristics of Spirituality

3. Differences Between Sacred and Unholy Arts

4. Spirituality in Various Art Styles

5. Goodness and Evil in Art

6. Halo in European Art. Recognition of Picture Figures. Semantic Level of Art Analysis
   

7. Proportions of the Golden Ratio and Whole Numbers Determining Character of Spirituality in Art

8. National Spirituality

9. Particularities of Spirituality of Women Art

10. Spirituality and Mental Illness

11. Abstract Art and Spirituality.

12. Gallery of parodies of modern art creation

13. The Closing Section of Research Into Spirituality Of Art

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