{"product_id":"religion-and-art-paperback","title":"Religion and Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Wagner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Ashton Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne might say that where Religion becomes artificial, it is reserved for Art to save the spirit of religion\u003c\/i\u003e. With these words Richard Wagner began Religion and Art (1880), one of his most passionate essays. That passion made Wagner himself a central icon in the growing cult of art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWagner felt that he lived in an age of spiritual crisis. It can but rouse our apprehension, to see the progress of the art-of-war departing from the springs of moral force, and turning more and more to the mechanical, he wrote. In response to the frightening progress of dynamite and steel, Wagner adopted the role of the Tone Poet Seer, who reveals the inexpressible in concert halls and cleanses souls in waves of symhonic revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligion and Art is the pivot of the works collected here. Also included are his defining essays Public and Popularity and The Public in Time and Space; his papers relating to the creation of the Bayreuth School; his complaint against publishers, On Poetry and Composition (1879); his article on the first production of \u003ci\u003eParsifal\u003c\/i\u003e (1882); and other works that speak his mind about strengthening the spirit through music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese works participated in the duel between Wagner and Nietzsche that ensued after the breakup of their friendship in 1878. Nietzsche publicly called Wagner an incurable romantic, emphasizing how sick he thought both Wagner and his art were. Here Wagner counterattacks with arch innuendo and sarcasm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes the complete volume 6 of the 1897 translation of Wagner's works commissioned by the London Wagner Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne might say that where Religion becomes artificial, it is reserved for Art to save the spirit of religion. With these words Richard Wagner began \"Religion and Art\" (1880), one of his most passionate essays. That passion made Wagner himself a central icon in the growing cult of art. Wagner felt that he lived in an age of spiritual crisis. \"It can but rouse our apprehension, to see the progress of the art-of-war departing from the springs of moral force, and turning more and more to the mechanical\", he wrote. In response to the frightening progress of dynamite and steel, Wagner adopted the role of the Tone Poet Seer, who reveals the inexpressible in concert halls and cleanses souls in waves of symphonic revelation. \"Religion and Art\" is the pivot of the works collected here. Also included are his defining essays \"Public and Popularity\" and \"The Public in Time and Space\"; his papers relating to the creation of the Bayreuth School; his complaint against publishers, \"On Poetry and Composition\" (1879); his article on the first production of Parsifal (1882); and other works that speak his mind about strengthening the spirit through music. These works participated in the duel between Wagner and Nietzsche that ensued after the breakup of their friendship in 1878. Nietzsche publicly called Wagner an incurable romantic, emphasizing how sick he thought both Wagner and his art were. Here Wagner counterattacks with arch innuendo and sarcasm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Ashton Ellis is one of the most important translators of nineteenth-century musicology. In addition to his monumental translation of Wagner's prose works, he translated Wagner's correspondence with Franz Lizst, Mathilde Wesendonck, and Wagner's own family. Ellis died in 1919.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52425092301107,"sku":"9780803297647","price":47.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/L2g5bmMwbWw1cmZhb1BVNVg5VFhZQT09.webp?v=1758613829","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/religion-and-art-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}