GA 276

The Arts and their Mission

Das Künstlerische in seiner Weltmission

The Genius of Language. The World of the self-revealing streaming Appearances - Anthroposophy and Art. Anthroposophy and Poetry. Six lectures in Dornach from 27 May to 9 June 1923 and two lectures in Kristiania (Oslo) from 18 and 20 May 1923.

Contents (selection)

The transformation of the human soul in the post-Atlantean period from the primitive Indian to the present epoch / The significance of art in ancient times and today / The essence of the artistic / The cognitive, the religious and the artistically creative human being / The essence of poetry / On spirit and unspirit in painting / Anthroposophy and art / Anthroposophy and poetry.

Literature

• Rudolf Steiner, V. Moore (Translator) : The Arts and Their Mission. CW 276. Anthroposophic Press Inc. 1998. ISBN 978-0880101547 rsarchive.org

German

• Rudolf Steiner: Das Künstlerische in seiner Weltmission, GA 276 (2002), ISBN 3-7274-2760-4 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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