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Maßgeblich für die Ausbildung des neuzeitlichen Begriffs von Kunst war es, dass diese als wesensmäßig natürlich verstanden werden konnte. "Im Grunde genommen ist das Wesen artifizieller Dinge gänzlich natürlich," schrieb so Francesco di Giorgio Martini und unterstrich damit, dass die Physiologien der Bilder nicht als Bagatellen abzutun seien. Dieser Prämisse geht die vorliegende Publikation nach und zeigt erstmals die grundsätzliche Bedeutung der sogenannten 'okkulten' Wissenschaften bei der Ausbildung des neuzeitlichen Kunstbegriffs auf. Denn diese hielten für so unterschiedliche Fragen wie nach der Rolle des Künstlers, den materiellen Prozessen der Produktion oder dem medialen Status des Bildes und seiner Wirkmacht Erklärungsmöglichkeiten bereit.

Art --- Nature (Aesthetics) --- Occultism in art. --- Art and nature --- Nature and art --- Aesthetics --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Art and philosophy --- Philosophy. --- Analysis, interpretation, appreciation

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Many modernist and avant-garde artists and authors were fascinated by the occult movements of their day. This volume explores how Occultism came to shape modernist art, literature, and film. Individual chapters examine the presence and role of Occultism in the work of such modernist luminaries as Rainer Maria Rilke, August Strindberg, W.B. Yeats, Joséphin Péladan and the artist Jan Švankmaier, as well as in avant-garde film, post-war Greek Surrealism, and Scandinavian Retrogardism. Combining the theoretical and methodological foundations of the field of Esotericism Studies with those of Literary Studies, Art History, and Cinema Studies, this volume provides in-depth and nuanced perspectives upon the relationship between Occultism and Modernism in the Western arts from the nineteenth century to the present day. .

Religion. --- Religions. --- Secularism. --- Fine arts. --- Religious Studies. --- Comparative Religion. --- Fine Arts. --- Ethics --- Irreligion --- Utilitarianism --- Atheism --- Postsecularism --- Secularization (Theology) --- Comparative religion --- Denominations, Religious --- Religion, Comparative --- Religions, Comparative --- Religious denominations --- World religions --- Civilization --- Gods --- Religion --- Religion, Primitive --- God --- Religions --- Theology --- Occultism in art. --- Occultism in literature. --- Occultism in motion pictures. --- Motion pictures