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1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ; 7
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KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ; 7.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-205) and index. |
| Summary |
By studying the reception and perception of the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain, this book argues that European modernist artists and intellectuals sought a primordial finality in Catholicism. The French poet, writer, and surrealist filmmaker Jean Cocteau converted under the influence of Maritain. For the painters Gino Severini, a pioneer of Futurism, and Otto Van Rees, one of the first Dadaists -both converts- Maritain played the role of spiritual counselor. And when the promoter of abstract art Michel Seuphor embraced Catholic faith in the 1930s, he, too, had extensive contact w. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973 -- Influence.
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Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973. |
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Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Neo-Scholasticism.
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Neo-Scholasticism. |
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Modernism (Aesthetics)
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Modernism (Aesthetics) |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Heynickx, Rajesh, 1977-
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Maeyer, Jan de, 1952-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Maritain factor 9789058677143 (DLC) 2010488659 (OCoLC)303021526 |
| ISBN |
9789461661074 (electronic book) |
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946166107X (electronic book) |
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9789058677143 |
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9058677141 |
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