Thomas Quine, African Mask, 2014
Humans use art to capture the form of ideas about worlds outside of our own. It’s often a vehicle for myth or how we understand and explain concepts of a spirit world. Cultures use iconography to symbolize abstract ideas like dreams, love, power, and emotion, and call on the artist to create them. Art has significance in ritual and ceremony.
Spirituality and Myth Summary
Humans use art to capture the form of ideas about worlds outside of our own. It’s often a vehicle for myth or how we understand and explain concepts of a spirit world. Cultures use iconography to symbolize abstract ideas like dreams, love, power, and emotion, and call on the artist to create them. Art has significance in ritual and ceremony.
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