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‘Stepping into the World’ Martin Heidegger's remarks on the ‘Sistine Madonna’
Author(s) -
Žižić Ivica
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the heythrop journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.127
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1468-2265
pISSN - 0018-1196
DOI - 10.1111/heyj.12325
Subject(s) - citation , art history , philosophy , art , classics , library science , computer science
This essay examines Martin Heidegger’s philosophical reading of Raphael’s painting Sistine Madonna. Three explanatory lines of Heidegger’s thought are discussed: the Sistine Madonna in the historical transformation of art, a phenomenological analysis of the image, and finally a reading of the painting in light of the close connection between image and Eucharist. Each of these lines contributes towards a hermeneutical appreciation of the image that foregrounds the profound theological dimension of Heidegger’s philosophical approach to Raphael’s painting.