The Maritain factor : taking religion into interwar modernism /
By studying the reception and perception of the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain, this book argues that European modernist artists and intellectuals sought a primordial finality in Catholicism. The French poet, writer, and surrealist filmmaker Jean Cocteau converted under the influence o...
| Други автори: | Heynickx, Rajesh, 1977-, Maeyer, Jan de, 1952- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Leuven, Belgium :
Leuven University Press,
℗♭2010.
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| Серия: |
KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ;
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Maritain factor |
| Резюме: |
By studying the reception and perception of the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain, this book argues that European modernist artists and intellectuals sought a primordial finality in Catholicism. The French poet, writer, and surrealist filmmaker Jean Cocteau converted under the influence of Maritain. For the painters Gino Severini, a pioneer of Futurism, and Otto Van Rees, one of the first Dadaists -both converts- Maritain played the role of spiritual counselor. And when the promoter of abstract art Michel Seuphor embraced Catholic faith in the 1930s, he, too, had extensive contact w. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-205) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789461661074 946166107X |