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Zaytseva, M. L. Spiritual Senses as the Basis of Esthetic Consciousness of the Medieval Age

Abstract: The subject under review is the synaesthesia as a system attribute of thinking. The author of the article tries to prove that in the Middle Ages the esthetic expressiveness of an artistic image was defined by the ability of all elements of the sacred art to act as a stimulus for sensory pathways and arising emotional resonance. The author establishes that the synaesthetic perception of cathedral arts comes with a synergetic effect created by the liturgical image which is viewed as a symbol, sacral bearer of divine energy and spiritual power of a prototype, sacral ontological phenomenon or spiritual archetype see by worshippers. Methodological base of the article consists of the general scientific method of generalization and comparison (to prove the integral nature of synaesthesia as an example of the principle of holism) and particular historical method allowing to define the main ideological factors that had an influence on the development of art during the Medieval Age. The article is devoted to the analysis of synaesthetic grounds of artistic thinking of the Middle Ages. This is the first research to view art from the point of view of synaesthesia as a system attribute of thinking and esthetic perception. The author proves the hypothesis that the esthetic perception of cathedral arts was defined by the fact that art and theology were mutually correlating poles that create the image of culture as a spiritual energetic field. The author also underlines the importance of interoceptive senses in the process of esthetic perception.


Keywords:

synaesthesia, synaesthesia of artistic thinking, spiritual feelings, spiritual vision, spiritual eyesight, psychology of creativity, theology, Medieval art, cathedral art, esthetic perception.


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