{"product_id":"art-as-spiritual-activity-paperback","title":"Art as Spiritual Activity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Howard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Howard\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRudolf Steiner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Through the introduction by Michael Howard and Steiner's ten lectures, this volume offers an account of the sources and purposes of art, as well as a particularly helpful approach to art as a spiritual practice. So, far from being dated, Steiner's account of art and its relation to spiritual experience is at least contemporary and probably ahead of its time. As this book ably shows, Steiner's insights concerning art, particularly when approached and practiced as a spiritual activity, might be exactly what art, artists, and contemporary culture urgently need.\" --\u003cb\u003eRobert McDermott\u003c\/b\u003e (from the foreword)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeing his task as the renewal of the lost unity of science, art, and religion, Rudolf Steiner created in the worldview he called Anthroposophy a new, cognitive scientific and religious art, the implications of which--recognized by such divergent artists as Wassily Kandinsky and Joseph Beuys--are only now becoming fully apparent. \u003ci\u003eArt as Spiritual Activity\u003c\/i\u003e includes a comprehensive, thought-provoking introduction of more than a hundred pages by Michael Howard, who writes: \u003c\/p\u003e\"The most fundamental issue for arts today...is the spiritual foundation of arts.... Steiner demonstrates that our individual creative activity is not solely a personal affair. Our creations do not originate out of nowhere, nor solely out of ourselves, but from an objective world of spirit with which we are intimately related in the depths of our being. He shows that our creations have significance beyond ourselves and beyond the recognition they receive: \u003ci\u003eworks of art are vehicles of spiritual qualities\u003c\/i\u003e. In bringing these spiritual qualities into the sphere of human life, the artist becomes responsible for the spiritual effects the work of art has on the artist, other people, and ultimately on human evolution.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt as Spiritual Activity\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a new way of thinking about, looking at, and creating art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 9.17 x 5.95 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47767710499064,"sku":"9780880103961","price":33.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/L0x0ZGVVYXFRYVJsSmlGZHl3Q2hYUT09.webp?v=1767916254","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/art-as-spiritual-activity-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}