The Artist as the Church's Mouthpiece
The Cultural Witness of Church Art and Its Patronage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3479811 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sara Schumacher (0000-0002-2832-4846, St Mellitus College, London SW5 0LX, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 561 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel14050561 |
| OpenAlex | W4366828720 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article explores how art installed within a church space contributes to the church's cultural witness, drawing from the contemporary example of Alison Watt's Still, installed in Old Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, Scotland. While the object's capacity to proclaim is present, this case study extends the exploration of art's cultural witness to include imaginative participation in the Gospel narrative as well as its transformation of the space in which it is installed. Focus then turns to the Church's patronage of the visual arts, arguing that this is another example of cultural witness. In this case, one finds a relationship between church and artist that is marked by trust, collaboration, and protection
Aesthetics · Art · Gospel · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · The arts · Visual arts · Witness · Law · Philosophy · Public Spaces through Art · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |