Every Man an Artist: Readings in the Traditional Philosophy of Art (Library of Perennial Philosophy) - Softcover

Keeble, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0941532712 ISBN 13: 9780941532716

Publisher: World Wisdom, 2005

Synopsis

This striking title proposes a striking idea: To be fully human means to have an inclination toward art. Pointing the way to art as a primary means through which we enter into a relationship with the spiritual nature of reality, this anthology by many of the most prominent philosophers and artists of our time reconnects us to the fundamental truths which give value to our thoughts and actions, as well as to art.

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From the Publisher:

The subject of this anthology is of the greatest importance, not only for the understanding of the art produced in traditional civilizations, but also for the understanding of the real nature of the human condition and knowledge of what it means to be human. To be truly human is to reflect the Divine Image here on earth. By virtue of being human, man creates and makes, and by remaining faithful to his primordial nature produces traditional art, in the vastest sense of the term. Such an art reflects here on earth the wisdom and beauty of the Divine Artisan, thus making possible the creation of the forms that lead to the world of the Spirit and the Formless. This understanding of art has been to a large extent forgotten in the modern world as a consequence of modern man’s forgetting who he is, why he is here on earth, and where he is going. This anthology is, therefore, not only an exposition of the significance of traditional art, but also the means for the remembrance of what it means to be truly human, to be the pontifical man who is the bridge between Heaven and earth and a channel of grace for the world around him. -Seyyed Hossein Nasr

About the Author:

Brian Keeble is the author of Art: For Whom and For What? and is the co-founder of Temenos Academy in London. He lives in Ipswich, England

Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islamic Studies at the George Washington University and president of the Foundation for Traditional Studies, the publisher of the journal Sophia. He is a world renowned scholar on Islam and the perennial philosophy and is the author of over fifty books and five hundred articles on topics ranging from comparative religion to traditional Islamic philosophy, cosmology, art, ecology, politics, and mysticism. Among his most notable works are Knowledge and the Sacred (1981), Islamic Art and Spirituality (1987), and Religion and the Order of Nature (1996). His The Philosophy of Seyyed Hossein Nasr recently appeared as a volume in the prestigious Library of Living Philosophers series.

About this edition

• Publisher: World Wisdom
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0941532712
• ISBN 13: 9780941532716
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280