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- catalog abstract "Looks at the significance of art and ritual in different cultures including Egyptian, Hindu, Buddhist, Greek, Roman, Christian, Islam, Mayan and others.".
- catalog contributor b2495908.
- catalog created "[1975]".
- catalog date "1974".
- catalog date "[1975]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1975]".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 463-491.".
- catalog description "Looks at the significance of art and ritual in different cultures including Egyptian, Hindu, Buddhist, Greek, Roman, Christian, Islam, Mayan and others.".
- catalog description "Pt. One, The priority of art and ritual -- Pt. Two, Ritual and art as primary evidence of religion: the scope, nature and problems of their witness -- Ritual: its relation to myth and doctrine; its efficacy ex Opere Operato -- The dawn of art and architecture -- The cult image -- Symbolism -- Ritual drama -- The sanctuary -- The tomb and its significance -- Votive iconography -- Sculptured crosses: early English and Celtic -- Religion and narrative art -- The illuminated manuscript and book -- Ritual vestments -- The ritual dance -- The ritual use of incense -- Pt. Three, Man and God in art and ritual: the evidence interpreted -- The problem and three basic themes of man's quest for significance -- The adumbrations of Palaeolithic art and ritual -- The ambivalence of the great goddess -- Egypt's ritual technique of salvation -- Other variations of the basic themes in the ancient Near East -- Hinduism and Buddhism: the paradoxical witness of their art and ritual -- Mystery cults: salvation through initiation -- Christian art and ritual: the changing emphasis from new life to judgment and damnation -- The paradoxes of Aniconic faiths.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 514 p.".
- catalog identifier "0684136570".
- catalog issued "1974".
- catalog issued "[1975]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, Scribner".
- catalog subject "246".
- catalog subject "Art and religion.".
- catalog subject "N72.R4 B72".
- catalog subject "Ritual.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pt. One, The priority of art and ritual -- Pt. Two, Ritual and art as primary evidence of religion: the scope, nature and problems of their witness -- Ritual: its relation to myth and doctrine; its efficacy ex Opere Operato -- The dawn of art and architecture -- The cult image -- Symbolism -- Ritual drama -- The sanctuary -- The tomb and its significance -- Votive iconography -- Sculptured crosses: early English and Celtic -- Religion and narrative art -- The illuminated manuscript and book -- Ritual vestments -- The ritual dance -- The ritual use of incense -- Pt. Three, Man and God in art and ritual: the evidence interpreted -- The problem and three basic themes of man's quest for significance -- The adumbrations of Palaeolithic art and ritual -- The ambivalence of the great goddess -- Egypt's ritual technique of salvation -- Other variations of the basic themes in the ancient Near East -- Hinduism and Buddhism: the paradoxical witness of their art and ritual -- Mystery cults: salvation through initiation -- Christian art and ritual: the changing emphasis from new life to judgment and damnation -- The paradoxes of Aniconic faiths.".
- catalog title "Man and God in art and ritual; a study of iconography, architecture and ritual action as primary evidence of religious belief and practice [by] S. G. F. Brandon.".
- catalog type "text".