- 期刊
藝術與美感經驗的超越向度
The Religious Dimension of Art and Aesthetic Experience
摘要
本文主旨在於指出藝術作品的宗教特質，並不是出自宗教信仰的外在賦予，而是出於藝術作品與美感經驗本身內在所具有的超越向度。儘管在人類的文化發展過程中，藝術與宗教的關係一向密切，而且為宗教信仰代言一向就是宗教藝術主要的功能。然而隨著宗教力量的失勢，藝術作品雖然一方面失去神聖崇高的宗教地位，成為一般的事物；但另一方面，正由於失去了宗教光環的遮掩，才得以從外表簇擁的燦爛繁華，重返存在本身的質樸，拾回其作為藝術作品本身所具有的光輝與神彩，並因而重現其內在本有的宗敎價値。 為此，本文首先從宗教藝術的美感特質出發，探討傳統宗教藝術由興至衰的原因，並藉此討論宗教经驗與美感經驗之間的內在關係；其次，進而探討藝術本身所隱含的超越意義；最後，則探討藝術與美感經驗的超越特質，藉以尋回藝術與宗教的內在關係，並重建宗教藝術的美感意義與價値。
並列摘要
The main point of this article is that the religious character of work of art is not outwardly bestowed by religious faith. Rather it consists in the inherent self-transcending dynamism of art and aesthetic experience. In the long history of human culture, there is always a deep relationship between Art and Religion. Religious faith is the main topics of religious art, and preaching faith is the main function of religious art. By the name of religion, numerous paintings, sculptures, buildings, songs, poetries are created, and their worldwide honor and worship come naturally from the religious believers' piety. Ever since the decline of religious power, it seems that work of art loses also its honorable position. But, just as art is liberated from the shelter of religious crown, it can return to its own Being, recatch the inner value of beauty, and reconstruct the religious value deeply rooted in the work of art and aesthetic experience. For this purpose, this article will first investigate the aesthetic character of religious art, in order to present the inner relation of religious experience and aesthetic experience. Secondly, it will investigate the transcendental meaning implicated in art, both inherent to and transcending itself. Last but not least, we will investigate the transcendent character of art and aesthetic experience in order to rediscover the inner relation of art and religion, and to reconstruct the aesthetic meaning and yalue of religious art.