{"product_id":"the-art-of-colour-and-the-human-form-seven-motif-sketches-of-rudolf-steiner-studies-by-gerard-wagner-9783905919943","title":"The Art of Colour and the Human Form: Seven Motif Sketches of Rudolf Steiner: Studies by Gerard Wagner","description":"\"The human being is the most exalted, indeed the true subject of visual art.\" -- \u003cb\u003eJ. W. Goethe\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePropylaea \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...when we speak of visual art...it is above all a matter of understanding how everything in the visual arts ultimately aims at, proceeds from, and creates out of the human form. -- \u003cb\u003eRudolf Steiner\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Fully Human, \u003c\/i\u003e p. 43 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The actual underlying problem in painting in our time can be designated as 'depicting the spirit form of the human being out of the color.'\" -- \u003cb\u003eMaria Strakosch-Giesler\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDie erlöste Sphinx, \u003c\/i\u003e 1955\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on Rudolf Steiner's indications, Gerard Wagner shows a wholly new approach to the human form in art. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Colour and the Human Form\u003c\/i\u003e presents the seven motif sketches concerned with the \"spirit form of the human being,\" as well as numerous studies that Gerard Wagner painted over a period of thirty years. The intention of this volume is to present an artistic approach to these unique motifs and to indicate their potential \"color build-up.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Colour and the Human Form\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of this new direction in art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steiner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783905919943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Rudolf Steiner, Gerard Wagner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917451858101,"sku":"9783905919943","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8c65444b-1b9b-42ad-abbb-570918fafbc0.jpg?v=1687285375","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-art-of-colour-and-the-human-form-seven-motif-sketches-of-rudolf-steiner-studies-by-gerard-wagner-9783905919943","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}