Art and scholasticism : with other essays / by Jacques Maritain; translated by J.F. Scanlan
1930, First Edition. London : Sheed & Ward. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #408562
Physical description: xii, 232 pages; 21 cm. Contents: I. Schoolmen and the theory of art. -- II. Speculative order and the practical order. -- III. Making and action. -- IV. Art an intellectual virtue. -- V. Art and beauty. -- VI. Rules of art. -- VII. Purity of art. -- VIII. Christian art. -- IX. Art and morality. The Frontiers of poetry. -- An Essay on art. -- Some reflections upon religious art. Subjects: Art Philosophy History; Scholasticism; Aesthetics, Medieval; Art; Philosophy; Christianity and the arts; Philosophy Art; Poetry; Christianity and the arts.
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