The Maritain Factor  -  Heynickx Rajesh - De Maeyer Jan

taking Religion into Interwar Modernism

KORTE INHOUD

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 a...
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2011 Uitgever: Universitaire Pers Leuven Reeks: KADOC studies on religion, culture and society Nummer: 7 211 paginas Taal: Engels Grootte:  170x238x15 ISBN-10: 9058677141 ISBN-13: 9789058677143