Art and spiritual transformation
Subtitle: the seven stages of death and rebirth
By: Finley Eversole.
Publisher: Inner Traditions
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rochester, Vt
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594772818
Subjects: Art, Modern -- 20th century; Art, Modern -- 21st century; Spirituality in art; Transcendence (Philosophy) in art
Other titles: Seven stages of death and rebirth
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: A note on viewing and interpreting art; title: Pt. I. The overview. 1. Dreaming the myth onward : art since 1945; title: 2. The end of the modern world; title: 3. Creativity and the extreme situation; title: 4. The wisdom of death; title: 5. Seven stages of transformation; title: Pt. II. The art. 6. The broken center : Jackson Pollock (1912-1956); title: 7. The goddess of death : Willem de Kooning (1904-1997); title: 8. Deathwatch : Tony Smith (1912-1980); title: 9. Nihilism or pregnant night? :  Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967); title: 10. Agony in the underground : Arshile Gorky (1904-1948); title: 11. Evil and the mystery of darkness : Mark Rothko (1903-1970); title: 12. The labyrinthian search : Walter Gaudnek (1931- ); title: 13. The dance of life : Arlé Sklar-Weinstein (1931-  ); title: 14. The way of regeneration : Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974); title: 15. The spiral or infinite journey : Robert Smithson (1938-1973); title: 16. The way of the transfigured life : Walter Gaudnek (1931- ); title: Pt. III. The creative promise of the coming age. 17. Unlikely heralds of spiritual rebirth; title: 18. Spiritual foundations of the creative life.