TY - BOOK AU - Re,Shannon TI - Aesthetic of ritual in contemporary art U1 - Thesis Print 07/16 PY - 2016/// CY - Limerick : PB - Limerick Institute of Technology/Limerick School of Art and Design KW - Hermann Nitsch KW - Marina Abramovic KW - Joseph Beuys KW - Art KW - Aesthetic of ritual KW - Print theses KW - Extended essays KW - Print KW - Theses KW - LSAD KW - Clare Street N1 - Thesis submitted for B.A. (Hons) in Print (Fine Art) 2016; Includes bibliographical references; The object of the this essay is to investigate how the artists Hermann Nitsch, Marina Abramovic and Joseph Beuys use the aesthetic of ritual in their work to portray personal experience and rebel against the society around them and how the use of ritual can ultimately be cathartic. [Abstract] ER -