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Foundations of Oriental Art and Symbolism
Titus Burckhardt
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Description for Foundations of Oriental Art and Symbolism
Paperback. This fascinating edited collection of art historian Titus Burckhardt's most important writings on Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist art is lavishly illustrated with 140 superb examples of Oriental art, architecture, statuary, and painting. Editor(s): Fitzgerald, Michael Oren. Num Pages: 148 pages, colour ills throughout. BIC Classification: ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 201 x 12. Weight in Grams: 592.
This edited collection of Titus Burckhardt's 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 & SYMBOLISM will prove to be a fitting companion volume to Burckhardt's award-winning The Foundations of Christian Art. Titus Burckhardt (1908-1984) was a leading member of the Perennialist ... Read more
This edited collection of Titus Burckhardt's 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 & SYMBOLISM will prove to be a fitting companion volume to Burckhardt's award-winning The Foundations of Christian Art. Titus Burckhardt (1908-1984) was a leading member of the Perennialist ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
World Wisdom Books United States
Number of pages
148
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
591g
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781933316727
SKU
V9781933316727
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99-15
About Titus Burckhardt
Titus Burckhardt, a German Swiss, was born in Florence in 1908. Some of his most notable works include Alchemy, Sacred Art in East and West and Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral. Burckhardt's writings spanned a period of some 40 years and have been continuously available since his death in 1984. Michael Oren Fitzgerald has written and edited many ... Read more
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