| Ancient Art and Ritual Contributor(s): Harrison, Jane Ellen (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798708523747 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Art | History - Prehistoric & Primitive - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - General |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.82 lbs) 154 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Book Excerpt: her than art that obtains.* * * * *We have now to pass to another enquiry. We have seen that art andritual, not only in Greece but in Egypt and Palestine, are closelylinked. So closely, indeed, are they linked that we even begin tosuspect they may have a common origin. We have now to ask, what is itthat links art and ritual so closely together, what have they in common?Do they start from the same impulse, and if so why do they, as theydevelop, fall so widely asunder?It will clear the air if we consider for a moment what we mean by art, and also in somewhat greater detail what we mean by ritual.* * * * *Art, Plato[3] tells us in a famous passage of the Republic, isimitation; the artist imitates natural objects, which are themselves inhis philosophy but copies of higher realities. All the artist can do isto make a copy of a copy, to hold up a mirror to Nature in which, as heturns it whither he will, "are reflectRead Mor |
