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OverviewReligion in its most authentic part is an art form. Religion does what art does. This idea is richly illustrated and supported by materials of diverse origin. The vast range of the author's experience in the arts and in religious texts and works of aesthetics allows him to lay hold of a great mass of disparate material and to bring out new dimensions in all of it. He always has just the example he needs at his fingertips, a Tibetan Buddhist text next to a French impressionist painting and a remark about early Banogu counterpoint, and each example is seen in a new and interesting way. Through this gentle yoking together of heterogeneous materials, common roots are discovered. Most studies of art and religion describe and explain them as data. Thomas Martland identifies them as expressions of ideals and asks what they are when they are authentic rather than merely what they are when they are self-identified as art and religion. This is an identification through assessment, not an Aristotelian classification, and the means of assessment are provided. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas R. MartlandPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Edition: illustrated edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.308kg ISBN: 9780873955218ISBN 10: 0873955218 Pages: 230 Publication Date: 30 June 1982 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Overture Innocence Fascination Distance Craft and Magic Coalescence Truth-To Verification Reprise Notes IndexReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |