From Artwork to Place: Finding the Voices of Moreelse, Bacon and Beuys at the Hermeneutical Intersection of Culture and Nature
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Clingerman, Forrest. “From Artwork to Place: Finding the Voices of Moreelse, Bacon and Beuys at the Hermeneutical Intersection of Culture and Nature.” Environmental Philosophy, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2011, pp. 1-24.
Abstract
This essay investigates the correlation between theological investigations of culture and those of the natural world. A fruitful question emerges when reflecting on how theological thinking resides between these subjects: how does our theological reflection on art meaningfully inform our consideration of nature? The path to exploring this question takes the form of questioning three different works of art: Willem Moreelse'sA Portrait of a Scholar, Francis Bacon'sLandscape, and Joseph Beuys'Lightning with Stag in Its Glare. Exploring the interconnection between these works, a hermeneutical mediation between art, place, and the spiritual is suggested.
Publication Date
1-1-2011