This fascinating edited collection of art historian Titus Burckhardt's most important writings on Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist art is lavishly illustrated with 140 superb examples of Oriental art, architecture, statuary, and painting.


Foundations of Oriental Art & Symbolism, Titus Burckhardt (Author), Michael Oren Fitzgerald (Editor), World Wisdom, 2009, Paperback, 8"x 10",137 pages, 140 Color photos & Illustrations, $22.95

TITUS BURCKHARDT, a German Swiss, was born in Florence in 1908 and died in Lausanne in 1984. An eminent member of the perennialist school, he is perhaps best known to the general public as an art historian. He won much acclaim for producing and publishing the first successful full-scale facsimiles of the Book of Kells, a copy of which he presented to Pope Pius XII at his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. He later acted as a specialist advisor to UNESCO, with particular reference to the preservation of the unique architectural heritage of Fez. Besides his studies in Islamic art, mysticism, and culture, such as Introduction to Sufi Doctrine, Fez: City of Islam, and Moorish Culture in Spain, his best known works are: Sacred Art in East and West, Siena: City of the Virgin, Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral, and Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul. Two notable compendiums of his work have also been published: Mirror of the Intellect: Essays on Traditional Science and Sacred Art and The Essential Titus Burckhardt: Reflections on Sacred Art, Faiths, and Civilizations, both translated and edited by William Stoddart.

Editor's Preface
Foreword by Brian Keeble

Part I: Oriental Art
1. Introduction to Hindu, Buddhist and Taoist Art
2. The Genesis of the Hindu Temple
3. The Image of the Buddha
4. Landscape in Far Eastern Art

Part II: Symbolism
5. selected Thoughts on Symbolism
6. Traditional Symbolism and Modern Empiricism
7. The Symbolism of the Mirror
8. The Sacred Mask
9. The Symbolism of the Chess
10. The Primordial Symbol of the Serpent and Dragon
The Symbolism of Water

List of Illustrations
Index
Biographical Notes