Oshin Vartanian

Art Seeking Understanding

Arts & Literature

“It has long been acknowledged that we seek meaning in art and interact with art to expand our understanding of the world and ourselves. In this volume, Christopher Brewer has provided leading scholars in various disciplines who are grantees of Templeton Religion Trust’s Art Seeking Understanding initiative an opportunity to provide updates on their projects, focusing on lessons learned as well as important questions and insights that have emerged in the course of their conceptual and empirical activities. As such, the book provides not only a rich summary of the advances within this grant-making strategy, but also an excellent summary of the state of our knowledge regarding why and how we interact with art.”