Art from the Sacred to the Profane: East and West

By Frithjof Schuon

This edition of renowned philosopher Frithjof Schuon's writings on the subject of art, selected and edited by his wife Catherine Schuon, contains over 270 photographs--200 color and 70 black and white. He then deals with the spiritual significance of the artistic productions of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and the Far-Eastern world, while also covering the subjects of beauty and the sense of the sacred, the crafts, poetry, music, and dance, and dress and ambience.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933316357
• ISBN13: 9781933316352
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: World Wisdom Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.0" x 8.0"