The Universality of Sacred Art: A Concise Comparative Study of the Art of Five of the World's Great Religions - Softcover

Burckhardt, Titus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9559028057 ISBN 13: 9789559028055

Publisher: The Sri Lanka Institute of Traditional Studies, 2001

Synopsis

With text drawn from the author's major work, Sacred Art in East and West, and so arranged as to provide a concise comparative study of five of the world's great religious traditions, this slender volume explains how sacred art can be identified by its style and method, and why some European art commonly regarded as sacred was in fact profane art using religious themes. Although canonical art is now seen as having restricted the development of creative possibilities, the author maintains that, on the contrary, its function was to lead men to true dom-the release of the spirit from its earthly bonds-whereas contemporary art signifies an abandonment of the soul to any influences that may take possession of it.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Sri Lanka Institute of Traditional Studies
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9559028057
• ISBN 13: 9789559028055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48