Transcendent and aesthetic experience of religious art in Eastern Orthodox Christianity: Iconography, ritual, and psychology
Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Pristini 2025 Aleksandra Dimitrijević, Tijana Todić-Jakšić, Ivan Z. Stojilović
Religious art, particularly Eastern Orthodox Christian iconography and liturgical practice, plays a crucial role in shaping the spiritual and aesthetic experience of believers. This paper examines how religious art is perceived on a subjective level, analysing the interplay of aesthetic, cognitive, emotional, and transcendent elements. Grounded in the Orthodox tradition, the study explores a...