Between art tourism and ‘Protestant pilgrimage’: individual journeys to artworks in two churches of Reformed denomination near Bern, Switzerland

IF 0.3 0 RELIGION Culture and Religion Pub Date : 2018-08-03 DOI:10.1080/14755610.2018.1500381
David Zimmer
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ABSTRACT Can an individual trip to an artwork in a Protestant church, that evokes experiences of transcendence, be understood as a ‘Protestant pilgrimage’? The question is discussed with a historical example from the eighteenth century and a contemporary example from the twenty-first century, both of which refer to the transcendental dimension of (religious) art and raise the question about the interrelationship between art tourism and pilgrimage. Although the motivation for such journeys is often aesthetic and not spiritual, visitors may be deeply touched by the artworks and experience feelings that transcend the mundane present. If these examples are considered as ‘pilgrimages’ (and not only in a merely metaphorical sense), attention must be paid to their ecumenical, potentially heterodox character. For in the Reformed tradition, the importance of the pilgrimage is the journey itself, and not the final destination.
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在艺术旅游和“新教朝圣”之间:瑞士伯尔尼附近两座改革派教堂的艺术品之旅
摘要:在新教教堂里,一次能唤起超越体验的个人艺术之旅,可以被理解为“新教朝圣”吗?这个问题是通过一个18世纪的历史例子和一个21世纪的当代例子来讨论的,这两个例子都提到了(宗教)艺术的超越维度,并提出了艺术旅游和朝圣之间的相互关系问题。尽管这种旅行的动机往往是审美而非精神,但游客可能会被这些艺术品深深打动,并体验到超越世俗的感受。如果这些例子被认为是“朝圣”(不仅仅是隐喻意义上的),就必须注意它们的普世性、潜在的异端性质。因为在改革派的传统中,朝圣的重要性在于旅程本身,而不是最终目的地。
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