TY - JOUR N2 - In this paper, the question of religious potential of contemporary art is posed only in relation to visual arts, which contain the concept of religious art. The difficulty in answering it stems from the lack of consensus on the relevant criteria for determining if a given work of art is a religious one. These criteria might include the author’s faith and the religious topic, the liturgical or devotional function, as well as a style that is capable of expressing the sacred. The issue of how these criteria function in contemporary art cannot be answered without taking a closer look at two moments essential for the development of religious art. The first was the Renaissance, when the aesthetic values of a work began to give way to theological determinants. The second was the nineteenth century with its attempts to create a new canon of religious art. Both of these critical moments in the development of sacred art show that the religious potential of art depends on the concomitance of many factors. The main problem is finding a new form, a new style able to express the sacred and engage in dialogue with contemporary art as once the icon would. L1 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/115862/PDF/3.pdf L2 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/115862 PY - 2019 EP - 60 DO - 10.31743/snt.2019.14.03 KW - sacred art KW - religion art KW - icon KW - ecclesiastical art KW - contemporary art A1 - Draguła, Ks. Andrzej PB - Polskia Akademia Nauk - Komitet Nauk Teologicznych VL - Tom 14 DA - 2020.01.17 T1 - Religious Potential of Contemporary Art SP - 43 UR - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/115862 T2 - Studia Nauk Teologicznych PAN ER -