Revisiting the Rothko Chapel: Grasping the Spiritual Echoes of a Radical Project (Arts and the Sacred, 8) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 250359476X ISBN 13: 9782503594767

Publisher: Brepols N.V., 2024

Synopsis

"The Chapel is a place conducive to spiritual activity. We are cut off from the world and its suffocating multiplicity, able to wander in the infiniteHere we are nowhere and everywhere; here we can find a blessed wholeness, a sense of unity." (Dominique de Menil, 1989) This was the motto animating Dominique and John de Menil's commission of the Rothko Chapel, expressing their desire to create a space for unity in the individual, and unity in humankind. How can the contemporary visitor experience such unity today? Which functions does the Chapel perform as a contemplative or spiritual space for interfaith communion? The Rothko Chapel, a space set "between tragedy and hope" (according to Mark Rothko), has been functioning as a place for worship and reflection since its inauguration, hosting encounters with his Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, and Rutha Mae Harris, among many other world-renowned human rights activists and religious figures.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brepols N.V.
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 250359476X
• ISBN 13: 9782503594767
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Cohen-Solal Annie, Rosen Aaron