Menas versus religija: romantinė sąmonės struktūra ir religiškumo anihiliacija
Art versus Religion: The Romantic Structure of Consciousness and the Annihilation of Religiousness

Summary/Abstract: Studies in romanticism disclose the equivocal character of the term: on the one hand, it could be treated as a historical phenomenon (Romanticism); on the other hand, it is a universal “spiritual category” (romanticism). The article displays an effort to reveal the structure of romantic consciousness in order to distinguish the place of religiousness in this structure and its relation with aestheticism. The description of the phenomenon of Romanticism could be carried out only by taking into consideration the features of Romanticism as a historical phenomenon. Thus, the description of the structure of romantic consciousness is accomplished through the analysis of the concrete context of the art of the romantic epoch. The author exposes Novalis’ and Solger’s aesthetic attitudes, as well as interpreting Hoffman’s, Goethe’s and C.D. Friedrich’s works. The conclusion is drawn that the annihilating act of romantic consciousness involves clearing out the religiousness from this consciousness. The romantic consciousness becomes basically aesthetic consciousness.

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