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| Foundations of Oriental Art & Symbolism |
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Author(s):
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Subjects(s):
Art
Buddhism
Comparative Religion
Eastern Religion
Hinduism
Symbolism
Tradition
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Price: $22.95
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ISBN: 978-1-933316-72-7
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Book Size: 8 × 10
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# of Pages: 148
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Language: English
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Description
Titus Burckhardt was an acknowledged expert on the sacred art of the traditional worlds of both the East and West. This edited collection of his most important writings on the sacred art of the Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions, is lavishly illustrated throughout with 140 superb examples of Oriental art, architecture, statuary, and painting. Also included in this volume are several fascinating chapters by Burckhardt on the symbolism of chess, the sacred mask, water, the mirror, and the dragon and serpent. Foundations of Oriental Art & Symbolismwill prove to be a fitting companion volume to Burckhardt’s award-winning The Foundations of Christian Art. This book is edited by Michael Fitzgerald and has a foreword contributed by Brian Keeble.
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Silver Midwest Book Award for “Illustration” |
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Titus Burckhardt was an acknowledged expert on the sacred art of the traditional worlds of both the East and West. This edited collection of his most important writings on the sacred art of the Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions, is lavishly illustrated throughout with 140 superb examples of Oriental art, architecture, statuary, and painting. Also included in this volume are several fascinating chapters by Burckhardt on the symbolism of chess, the sacred mask, water, the mirror, and the dragon and serpent. Foundations of Oriental Art & Symbolismwill prove to be a fitting companion volume to Burckhardt’s award-winning The Foundations of Christian Art. This book is edited by Michael Fitzgerald and has a foreword contributed by Brian Keeble.
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Silver Midwest Book Award for “Illustration” |
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Brian Keeble is a writer and editor who has long been devoted to the promulgation of the traditional arts. His best-known book is Art: For Whom and For What? Mr. Keeble is the founder of Golgonooza Press and a co-founder of Temenos Academy, which is sponsored by The Prince's Foundation of HRH The Prince of Wales. The Temenos Academy is a teaching organization dedicated to the same central idea that had inspired the earlier Temenos Review, a journal devoted to the arts of the imagination.
Mr. Keeble has contributed the following to World Wisdom books:
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“Titus Burckhardt's Foundations of Oriental Art & Symbolism (9781933316727, $22.95) blends Oriental art history with cultural and spiritual insights, using Oriental art pieces to accompany important sacred writings selected from the Hindu, Buddhist and Taoist traditions. A lovely set of sacred art writings accompanied by these images makes this a fine pick for any spiritual collection.”
—The Bookwatch Review
“The book’s cover is intriguing and when you open it up the insides do not disappoint. The many illustrations and photos are pleasingly arranged so that the balance between copy and visual is in harmony…. Well done!”
—Midwest Book Award Judging Panel
“Impressive and richly designed…. Superb reproduction…. Should be useful to colleges as a textbook and to visitors of Asian Art Collections.”
—Ben Franklin Book Award Judging Panel
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