„SZTUKA - WEZWANIE DO OTWARCIA SIĘ NA TAJEMNICĘ”: WIARA I SZTUKA W NAUCZANIU JANA PAWŁA II
„ART - A KIND OF APPEAL TO THE MYSTERY” THE TEACHING OF JOHN PAUL II ON FAITH AND ART

Summary/Abstract: John Paul II recognizes the importance of art for culture. Therefore he is perturbed by recent alienation of many artists from the Church. Both sides suffer as the result. One reason for this alienation is the abandonment by many artists of the classical vision of art. In his many addresses, especially in his Letter to Artists, he presents it. Two ideas are fundamental to it: creative intuition of an artist is his encounter with the mystery of reality, through experience of the world’s beauty. In this way art can aid the Church’s mission, and of itself be a kind ofpraeparatio evangelica for the artist and for the whole culture.

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