Sacred art is always of a fundamentally symbolic nature. That is, it relates the unknown, invisible truth (as you say, "primordial Oneness") by way of perceptible realm. Everything in what can properly be called traditional civilizations has a symbolic quality, from sculpture, to music, to even the most "mundane" of activities such as weaving and chess.
Profane art, particularly the decadent, humanistic, and "naturalistic" art that came into vogue during the Renaissance was no longer interested in pulling man up to spiritual heights, but rather acted as a mirror for him to smugly examine himself in completely vanity and egotism.
I noticed that your entry has a somewhat Dadaist quality to it, particularly in the concluding paragraph. That is, art simply designed to smash bourgeois falsity and pretentious moralism. Just remember that sacred art de facto destroys profane art by virtue of its truthfulness, the same way that the true saint can destroy evil and illusion merely by his presence
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Profane art, particularly the decadent, humanistic, and "naturalistic" art that came into vogue during the Renaissance was no longer interested in pulling man up to spiritual heights, but rather acted as a mirror for him to smugly examine himself in completely vanity and egotism.
I noticed that your entry has a somewhat Dadaist quality to it, particularly in the concluding paragraph. That is, art simply designed to smash bourgeois falsity and pretentious moralism. Just remember that sacred art de facto destroys profane art by virtue of its truthfulness, the same way that the true saint can destroy evil and illusion merely by his presence ( ... )
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