Sacred and profane beauty
Subtitle: the holy in art
By: by Gerardu vam der Leeuw ; pref. by Mircea Eliade ; translated by David E. Green
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Art and religion; Religion and literature; Aesthetics
Notes: "Published in Germany under the title, Vom Heiligen in der Kunst."

Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: value: Beautiful motion.  The unity of dance and religion; value: The breakup of unity; value: Enmity between dance an religion; value: Religious dance : influences; value: Religious dance : harmony; value: The theological aesthetics of the dance; value: Movements and countermovements.  Holy play; value: The breakup of unity; value: The enmity between religion and theater; value: Influences : harmony; value: The theological aesthetics of the drama; value: Beautiful words.  Holy words; value: The breakup of unity; value: The rejection of the word by religion; value: Influences toward harmony; value: The theological aesthetics of the word; value: The pictorial arts : The fixation of an idea as a holy image; value: Unhindered pictorial representation; value: The prohibition of images and the iconoclastic controversy; value: The holy image : influences; value: The house of God and the house of man.  The building of the house of God; value: The house of God becomes a human house : alienation and conflict; value: Influences toward harmony; value: The theological aesthetics of building; value: Music and religion.  Holy sound; value: The transitional structure; value: Discord; value: Influences; value: Harmony; value: The theological aesthetics of music; value: Theological aesthetics.  Paths and boundaries; value: The republic of the arts; value: The image of God; value: The theology of the arts