Art as Spiritual Activity

Art as Spiritual Activity: Rudolf Steiner's Contribution to the Visual Arts

Rudolf Steiner (author)

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. 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 Michael Howard takes readers through these thought-provoking chapters.

Rudolf Steiner (b. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner, 1861-1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe's scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner's multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ SteinerBooks, Inc; Illustrated edition (1 Oct. 1997)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780880103961
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.11 x 2.51 x 23.29 cm