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Symbolism, the sacred, and the arts

Title
Symbolism, the sacred, and the arts / Mircea Eliade ; edited by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona.
Author
Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986.
Publication
New York : Crossroad, 1985.

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Additional Authors
Apostolos-Cappadona, Diane.
Description
xxi, 185 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Uniform Title
Essays. English. Selections
Alternative Title
  • Essays.
  • Symbolism, the sacred & the arts.
Subject
  • Symbolism
  • Arts and religion
  • Symbolism
  • symbolism (artistic concept)
  • Arts and religion
  • Das Heilige
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Symbolismus
  • Godsdiensten
  • Symboliek
  • Het heilige
  • Kunst
Note
  • Spine title: Symbolism, the sacred & the arts.
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 178-179.
Contents
Introduction / Mircea Eliade -- The Scholar as Artist, Critic, and Poet -- Theories of Symbolism -- The Symbolism of Shadows in Archaic Religion -- Cultural Fashions and the History of Religions -- Survivals and Camouflages of Myths -- Art and the Sacred -- Divinities: Art and the Divine -- Masks: Mythical and Ritual Origins -- Reflections on Indian Art -- The Sacred and the Modern Artist -- A Dialogue with Marc Chagall -- Why Have We Become So Anxious? / Marc Chagall -- Beauty and Faith / Mircea Eliade -- Brancusi and Mythology -- Sites of the Sacred -- Sacred Architecture and Symbolism -- Barabudur, the Symbolic Temple -- From the Portuguese Journal, 1941-1944 -- Literature and the Sacred -- Folkloric Themes and Artistic Creations -- Marthe Bibesco and the Meeting of Eastern and Western Literature -- Eugene Ionesco and "The Nostalgia for Paradise" -- Literary Imagination and Religious Structure -- Photographic Credits.
ISBN
  • 0824507231
  • 9780824507237
LCCN
85014037
OCLC
  • ocm12216801
  • 12216801
  • SCSB-643511
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library