Altar To The Unknown God

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dc.contributor.advisorHushlack, Gerald
dc.contributor.authorKlassen, Jesse O.
dc.contributor.committeememberHughs, Lisa
dc.contributor.committeememberBoutin, Marc
dc.date2023
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-18T14:08:43Z
dc.date.available2023-09-18T14:08:43Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-11
dc.description.abstractAltar to the Unknown God is an MFA thesis exhibition concerned with twenty-first century spiritual and religious expressions of visual identity, as well as and the academic structures employed when formulating interpretations of their meaning and validity. Informed by a literary analysis on secularism and contemporary art criticism, this studio-led research utilizes a rhizomatic philosophical structure that seeks expansion and connective multiplicities rather than a definitive conclusion. Towards this goal, the literary investigation endeavors to define and demystify the complex interrelations between secularism as a pluralistic cultural condition with the academic challenge behind the formation of a method of theological art criticism. The studio-produced visual artwork is both informed by this analysis and rhizomatically seeks its expansion through an introspective investigative process. This inquiry aims to theorize an academic interpretative language capable of taking visual displays of enchantment as genuine, rather than naive depictions of superstition, thus producing structures and inter-religious dialogue that is inclusive of spiritual identity in the shifting landscape of the twenty-first century.
dc.identifier.citationKlassen, J. O. (2023). Altar to the unknown God (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1880/117084
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/41792
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.facultyArts
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgary
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectCriticism
dc.subjectTheory
dc.subjectArt Criticism
dc.subjectAbstract Painting
dc.subjectAssemblage
dc.subjectComtemporary Art
dc.subjectModern Art
dc.subjectTheological Art Criticism
dc.subjectSpiritualality
dc.subjectInter Religious Dialogue
dc.subject.classificationArt History
dc.subject.classificationFine Arts
dc.subject.classificationBiblical Studies
dc.subject.classificationReligion
dc.subject.classificationTheology
dc.titleAltar To The Unknown God
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineArt
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Arts (MFA)
ucalgary.thesis.accesssetbystudentI do not require a thesis withhold – my thesis will have open access and can be viewed and downloaded publicly as soon as possible.
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