Art from the Sacred to the Profane East and West

by Schuon, Frithjof; Schuon, Catherine; Critchlow, Keith; Perry, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9781933316352
• ISBN10: 1933316357
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-06
• Publisher: World Wisdom

Summary

This edition of renowned philosopher Frithjof Schuon's writings on the subject of art, selected and edited by his wife Catherine Schuon, contains over 270 photographs-200 color and 70 black and white. He then deals with the spiritual significance of the artistic productions of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and the Far-Eastern world, while also covering the subjects of beauty and the sense of the sacred, the crafts, poetry, music, and dance, and dress and ambience.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
Principles and Criteria of Art	p. 1
On Beauty and the Sense of the Sacred	p. 19
Man and Art	p. 27
Sacred Art	p. 33
Naturalistic Art	p. 43
Christian Art	p. 55
Islamic Art	p. 69
Hindu Art	p. 79
Buddhist Art	p. 91
Far-Eastern Art	p. 99
Poetry, Music, and Dance	p. 107
The Art of Dress and Ambience	p. 119
List of Illustrations	p. 136
Sources	p. 139
Biographical Notes	p. 139
Index	p. 141
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