Description of the themes of the great doorways and rose windows covers virtually the whole Christian story.
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Burckhardt is one of the foremost traditionalist authors of this century. -- Temenos
Burckhardt's thought is clear and soberly articulated, his argumentation intuitive and profound. -- Parabola
Chartres ... is the story of the religious "idealism" ... which lay behind the conception and practical realization of the medieval Cathedrals. -- William Stoddart, author of Outline of Hinduism, Outline of Buddhism, and translator of several of Burckhardt's works
No one since the legendary A[nanda] Coomaraswamy has been able to demonstrate how entire civilizations define themselves through their art. -- Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions and Why Religion Matters
This book may well turn out to be the most important of its kind in this century. -- Keith Critchlow, personal tutor to the family of the Prince of Wales
Burckhardt's thought is clear and soberly articulated, his argumentation intuitive and profound. -- Parabola
Chartres ... is the story of the religious "idealism" ... which lay behind the conception and practical realization of the medieval Cathedrals. -- William Stoddart, author of Outline of Hinduism, Outline of Buddhism, and translator of several of Burckhardt's works
No one since the legendary A[nanda] Coomaraswamy has been able to demonstrate how entire civilizations define themselves through their art. -- Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions and Why Religion Matters
This book may well turn out to be the most important of its kind in this century. -- Keith Critchlow, personal tutor to the family of the Prince of Wales
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
Original Language: German
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TITUS BURCKHARDT, a German Swiss, was born in Florence in 1908 and died in Lausanne in 1984. An eminent member of the perennialist school, he is perhaps best known to the general public as an art historian. He won much acclaim for producing and publishing the first successful full-scale facsimiles of the Book of Kells, a copy of which he presented to Pope Pius XII at his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. He later acted as a specialist advisor to UNESCO, with particular reference to the preservation of the unique architectural heritage of Fez. Besides his studies in Islamic art, mysticism, and culture, such as Introduction to Sufi Doctrine, Fez: City of Islam, and Moorish Culture in Spain, his best known works are: Sacred Art in East and West, Siena: City of the Virgin, Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral, and Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul. Two notable compendiums of his work have also been published: Mirror of the Intellect: Essays on Traditional Science and Sacred Art and The Essential Titus Burckhardt: Reflections on Sacred Art, Faiths, and Civilizations, both translated and edited by William Stoddart.
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