Healing of art and the current art therapy

In this work which takes a form about healing of art, it's told that; in the historical process since the day of art being existed, from primitive societies to modern societies who lived spiritual experiences through art and as a result, the culture, the experiences and the examples of spiritual renewal, catharsis, gaining back the lost values which is provided by the art. Methodically this work is trying to show the life style of shamanists which is mostly the same over all the world and shows some cultural differences in details, and to show the shaman as the first and the most important healer figure and also trying to show art is applied as actively healer and therapeutical way in modern art therapy discipline according to the arguments of the specialists and therapists. Except therapeutical approaches of modern art therapy, there is a part about Joseph Beuys who found the art making is the way for healing of himself and of the society. Besides, it is given the knowledge about local shamanic treatment practices and about Ottoman Medicine practices for healing the soul in the time of the Ottoman Empire. At the end of the work, it's desired to show upon the main purpose of the begining, according to personal experiences, how important the healing power of art about the effort for becoming a social person.