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Real Presences
Real Presences
Author: George Steiner
Can there be major dimensions of a poem, a painting, a — musical composition created in the absence of God? Or, — is God always a real presence in the arts? Steiner — passionately argues that a transcendent reality grounds — all genuine art and human communication. — "A real tour de force. . . . All the virtues of the — author's astounding intelligenc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226772349
ISBN-10: 0226772349
Publication Date: 4/23/1991
Pages: 246
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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In Real Prescences, George Steiner examines the manifestations of the "sacred" throughout the canon of Western Art. He considers how the concept of "art" and "sacredness" fit within a Christiam schemata. Unlike other authors, Steiner, does not give easy, facile answers, but interacts deeply and meaingfully with some of the greatest thinkers and artist in Western philosophy, history, and art.

Along with Steiner's book, Madeleine L'Engle's _Walking on Water_ and Dorothy L. Sayer's _The Mind of the Maker_ should be considered essential reads.
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