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An Artist in the Concept of John Paul II in The Letter to Artists

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Fundacja Naukowa Katolików »Eschaton«
Keywords: John Paul II; man; artist; art; The Letter to artists; theory of art; theology of art; philosophy of art; philosophy of man; pedagogy of art

Summary/Abstract: The text shows the idea of an artist in creativity according to Bl. John Paul II. This article is a source-based text. Main sources of his thought about an artist are for us two texts: so called „Ewangelia a sztuka” (“Gospel and Art”) and so called “The letter to artists”. Another texts of John Paul II are only complement (supplement) for this two mainly sourced texts. An author of this article analyses ideas of a man – an artist, especially in the context of general outline of culture in descriptions done by John Paul II (this is novelty in this text). There are some very important quotations (citations) from his original Polish texts in the article. The author used historiographical method in his study.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 117-142
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish
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