Van Der Leeuw
Van Der Leeuw was one of the first to attempt at drawing a connection between theology and the arts. Parts of his text, Sacred and Profane Beauty, contain expressions of his pursuit of theological aesthetics, exploring religions relationship to all the arts; dance, drama, word, image, building and music. Van Der Leeuw’s impassion and brilliant investigation of the relationship between the holy and the beautiful is based on the assurance that for too long the religious have failed to seriously contemplate the beautiful, associating as they do with the kingdom of sensuality and impermanence. It has been considered unconventional to reflect upon the holy, for most have chosen to consider this physical world to be permanent, and therefore to be glorified through beauty alone. According to Van Der Leeuw however, the holy has never been absent from the arts, and the arts have never been unresponsive to the holy. History has shown on numerous occasions that primitive creation in the arts was always directed toward the symbolization and interpretation of the holy.
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