The End of Vision: the purpose and limits of religious representation

by John Harvey

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	1.	Part 1 18:14
	2.	Part 2 17:57
	3.	Part 3 18:25
	4.	Part 4 12:28

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The paper is divided into chapters that, together, integrate some of my preoccupations as both an art historian and an art practitioner in the field of the visual culture of religion. Coming from the mouth of a Calvinistic Protestant, the title ‘The End of Vision’ may sound more of a threat than a treat. The title does, however, reflect a Protestant’s caution regarding the purpose and limit of religious representations. Informed by this sensibility, my general aim is very broad and introductory: I want to present an overview of varieties of religious representation and some of their functions, and to demonstrate that neither making nor seeing religious images is as straightforward and unproblematic as we sometimes suppose.

The presentation is, here, in four parts (which does not reflect the divisions of the paper).

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released May 4, 2021

Personnel: John Harvey.

Context: Paper presented at the 'One World: Three Perspectives' conference, University College of Cork, Ireland (May 24–26, 2007).

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John Harvey Aberystwyth, UK

I’m a practitioner and historian of sound art and visual art, and Emeritus Professor of Art at the School of Art, Aberystwyth University, UK. My research field is the sonic and visual culture of religion. I explore the sonic articulations of the Christian religion by engaging visual, textual, and audible sources, theological and cultural ideas, and systemic and audiovisualogical processes. ... more

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