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World Wisdom's Spiritual Classics series
Interview with Frithjof Schuon - on Art
The Sacred Worlds Series
What is Sacred Art?
The Writings of Frithjof Schuon
Who was Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa)?
What are the "Foundations of Christian Art?"
Every Branch In Me
: Who are we as "human" beings?
A Definition of the Perennial Philosophy
Spiritual Poetry
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What are the "Foundations of Christian Art?"
Introduction
What is sacred Christian art?
Illuminated Manuscripts in Christian Art
What are the foundations of Christian art?
Sacred buildings
The Sanctuary
The Sacred Image
The Function of the Icon
The Decadence of Christian Art
The Renewal of Christian Art
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What are the foundations of Christian art?
"The art that springs from a genuinely Christian inspiration is derived from certain images of the Christ and of the Virgin that have a miraculous origin. The craft traditions continue alongside it, and they become Christian by adoption; they are none the less sacred in character, in the sense that their creative methods embody a primordial wisdom that responds spontaneously to the spiritual truths of Christianity. These two currents, the traditional art of icon painting and the craft traditions, together with certain liturgical music evolved from a Pythagorean inheritance, are the only elements in Christian civilization that deserve to be called 'sacred art.'"
The Virgin of Vladimir, 12th century
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