Symbols of God

But how are symbols to be used when the divine—whether as God the Father, the divine aspect of Christ, or the Holy Spirit—is as St. John of Damascus puts it: “uncircumscribed and unable to be represented?”

Rachel Himes | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Spring 2013

The Creamer Medieval Gallery

In her book Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums, Carol Duncan equates ritual — here defined as sets of practices which induce a transcendent experience — with the experience of viewing art in a museum.

Rachel Himes | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Spring 2013, Vol II, Issue II