TY - BOOK AU - Eliade,Mircea AU - Apostolos-Cappadona, Diane, ed TI - Symbolism, the sacred, and the arts SN - 0824507231 AV - BL603 .E45 1985 PY - 1985/// CY - New York, NY PB - Crossroad KW - Symbolism KW - FAST KW - Arts and religion N1 - Introduction: Mircea Eliade: the scholar as artist, critic, and poet. Part 1: Theories of symbolism. 1 The symbolism of shadows in archaic religion. 2 Cultural fashions and the history of religions. 3 Survivals and camouflages of myths. Part 2: Art and the sacred. 1 Divinities: art and the divine. 2 Masks: mythical and ritual origins. 3 Reflections on Indian art. 4 The sacred and the modern artist. 5 A dialogue with Marc Chagall. Why have we become so anxious? - Marc Chagall. Beauty and faith - Mircea Eliade. 6 Brancusi and mythology. Part 3 - Sites of the sacred. 1 Sacred architecture and symbolism. 2 Barabudur, the symbolic temple. 3 From the Portuguese Journal, 1941-1944. Part 4 - Literature and the sacred. 1 Folkloric themes and artistic creations. 2 Marthe Bibesco and the meeting of Eastern and Western literature. 3 Eugene Ionesco and "The Nostalgia for Paradise". 4 Literary imagination and religious structure N2 - 'In this collection of essays on the interrelationships between religion and the arts, Mircea Eliade brings his vast knowledge of the history of religions to bear on a rich range of cultural creations. Here we find commentary on archaic and folk art, classical Indian art, modern non-representational art, and exceptional examples of Eliade's literary and architectural criticism as well.' ER -