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Sacred Art in East and West-Titus Burckhardt
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eminent Swiss metaphysician and scholar of oriental languages, Titus
Burckhardt (1908-84) devoted his life to the timeless and universal wisdom
present in Sufism, Vedanta, Taoism, Platonism and the other great esoteric
and sapiential traditions. His book Sacred Art in East and West appeared in
German and in French. Its scope is wide, covering Hindu, Christian, Islamic,
Buddhist and Far-Eastern sacred art, and the author succeeds in a remarkable
way in conveying the distinctive qualities characteristic of each, while at
the same time emphasizing their unity of principle. Every sacred art is
deeply rooted in the religion in which it originates, and it plays an
indispensable part in preserving the character and continuity of the sacred
civilization connected with that religion. This, however, does not imply that
everything that could be called “religious art” is in fact sacred art
properly so called, which is identifiable as such by its style and its
methods rather than by its models. |
| Book |
| ISBN |
9788186569924 |
| PUBLISHER |
Indica Book |
| Pages |
242 |
| Edition |
2010 |
| Language |
English |
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