The Great Aesthetic Inspiration

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" The Great Aesthetic Inspiration "
Simon Sorgenfrei

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1081928
Doc. No	:	LA125557
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15685292-02301001‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Simon Sorgenfrei
Title & Author	:	The Great Aesthetic Inspiration [Article]\ Simon Sorgenfrei
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and the Arts
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	23/1-2
Page No	:	1–25
Abstract	:	Ivan Aguéli is known not only as an artist but also as Sweden’s first (famous) convert to Islam and as an initiate in the Sufi order Shadhiliyya-Arabiyya. Sufism’s role in Aguéli’s life and its significance for his theory of art and style of painting have been analyzed primarily by Viveca Wessel (1988). This article will instead analyze Aguéli’s relationship to the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), which extends far back in his life, and how they influenced Aguéli’s philosophy of religion and view of art. Ivan Aguéli is known not only as an artist but also as Sweden’s first (famous) convert to Islam and as an initiate in the Sufi order Shadhiliyya-Arabiyya. Sufism’s role in Aguéli’s life and its significance for his theory of art and style of painting have been analyzed primarily by Viveca Wessel (1988). This article will instead analyze Aguéli’s relationship to the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), which extends far back in his life, and how they influenced Aguéli’s philosophy of religion and view of art.
Descriptor	:	Art History
Descriptor	:	Comparative Religion Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Emanuel Swedenborg
Descriptor	:	History
Descriptor	:	Ivan Aguéli
Descriptor	:	modernism
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	symbolism
Descriptor	:	theosophy
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15685292-02301001‬