Physical description; xvi, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes; Translation of: Ideen zur Kunstgeschichte. Includes index. Translation of: Ideen zur Kunstgeschichte. Subjects; Art - History. Visual arts, to ca 1950 - Critical studies. Visual arts. Art - History. Art - Psychology. Art history. Art theory. Creativity - Psychology. Genre; Illustrated.

Art and Human Consciousness

Politics & Social Sciences

Richter, Gottfried

Philosophy

Anthroposophic

Grunewald is generally regarded as the greatest painter of the German Renaissance, and his masterpiece, "The Isenheim Altar" in Colmar, as one of the great works of western art. Painted for the Order of Saint Anthony -- a monastic fraternity that cared for the sick and suffering humanity of the time -- Richter explains how the various panels of the altarpiece, and in particular the great central panels of Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection, need to be seen as a unity that provoked in the observer a profound experience of the meaning of earthly suffering and the power of healing transformation. In an age when illness and disease were still seen as a result of 'the sickness of sin' that had befallen humanity, such a picture has a spiritual therapeutic effect on those exposed to it and gave them an inner strength to endure and triumph over their often painful and difficult destinies.

The Isenheim Altar: Suffering and Salvation in the Art of Grunewald

Religion & Spirituality

Grünewald, Matthias

Christian Books & Bibles

Floris Books

This survey of western art from ancient Egypt to Picasso looks at visual art in a completely new and imaginative way. Gottfried Richter’s lively and penetrating obser­vations will inspire and enthuse the novice, while breathing new life into the thinking of art critics and historians. Richter concerns himself broadly with architecture, sculpture, and painting—as well as mythology and legend—in presenting the creations of artist and architect as an expression of the evolution of human consciousness. In vivid images he offers the reader interpretive keys to under­stand this process in all areas of art history. With many examples the author illustrates how human life has undergone a qualitative transformation as humanity has gradually freed itself from a life determined by spiritual guidance in order to take hold of the sensory world and experience free individuality.

Art and Human Consciousness (English and German Edition)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Rudolf Steiner Pr

This survey of western art from ancient Egypt to Picasso looks at visual art in a completely new and imaginative way. Gottfried Richter’s lively and penetrating observations will inspire and enthuse the novice, while breathing new life into the thinking of art critics and historians. Richter concerns himself broadly with architecture, sculpture, and painting―as well as mythology and legend―in presenting the creations of artist and architect as an expression of the evolution of human consciousness. In vivid images he offers the reader interpretive keys to understand this process in all areas of art history. With many examples the author illustrates how human life has undergone a qualitative transformation as humanity has gradually freed itself from a life determined by spiritual guidance in order to take hold of the sensory world and experience free individuality. See below for full review.

Art And Human Consciousness

Channer, Burley

SteinerBooks

Der Isenheimer Altar.

Urachhaus

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