Art as Spiritual Activity: Rudolf Steiner’s Contribution to the Visual Arts (Vista Series, Vol 3)

This book introduces a new way for thinking about, creating, and viewing art. Rudolf Steiner saw his task as the renewal of the lost unity of science, the arts, and religion; thus, he created a new, cognitive scientific and religious art in anthroposophy. The implications of his act--recognized by such diverse artists as Wassily Kandinsky and Joseph Beuys--are only now coming fully to light.

In his thorough introduction of more than a hundred pages, Michael Howard takes readers through these thought-provoking chapters:

Is Art Dead?
To Muse or Amuse
Artistic Activity as Spiritual Activity
The Representative of Humanity
Beauty, Creativity, and Metamorphosis
New Directions in Art

Rudolf Steiner's Lectures

The Aesthetics of Goethe's Worldview
The Spiritual Being of Art
Buildings Will Speak
The Sense Organs and Aesthetic Experience
The Two Sources of Art
The Building at Dornach
The Supersensible Origin of the Arts
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness
Christ, Ahriman, and Lucifer