Religion & Art: a study in the evolution of sculpture, painting and architecture

Religion & Art: a study in the evolution of sculpture, painting and architecture

Author: Seta, Alessandro della, 1879-1944

Year: 1914

CONTENTS Introduction 27 I Religion, Magic and Plastic Art Art inspired by religion — Magic — Art an instrument of magic — Suppression of the magic function in art 33 II Art of Uncivilized Peoples 49 Animism and theism — Totemism — Magic art — Form in magic art — Magic character of literature, music and dancing — Lack of historic sense in uncivilized peoples III Egypt 69 Unity of Egyptian civilization — Origin, nature and aspect of the gods — Scanty mythology of the gods — Absence of a heroic mythology — Funerary conception — Works of art inspired by religion — Direction given to the representation of the gods — Impulse given to funerary art — Isolation of Egyptian religion — Egyptian architecture — Egyptian literature IV Assyrio-Babylonia 120 Contrast with Egyptian civilization — Origin, nature and aspect of the gods — Mythology of the gods and heroes — Funerary conception — Religious art — Dynastic art — Assyrio-Babylonian architecture — Assyrio-Babylonian literature — Hebrew monotheism 17 V Mycenaean Civilization 150 Extension, period and origin of the Mycenaean civilization — The gods, their symbols and images — Demons and their aspect — Funerary conception — Characteristics of