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Rudolf Steiner's intuitive artistic knowledge enabled him to use colours in a unique way, giving expression to their individual natures. Together with his many lectures on art, Steiner's paintings provide artists with fresh ways of understanding colour, allowing for an entirely new creativity and aesthetics.
In 1924, Steiner painted a watercolour of the Madonna and Child, giving it the title `New Life'. Through Steiner's depiction of Mary, mother of the Divine Child, this painting draws us to the feminine expression of spirituality. In this highly-illustrated, full-colour book Angela Lord studies this feminine principle, beginning with the very earliest stages of human evolution - the `Fall' from paradise and the pre-historic periods of Lemuria and Atlantis. From the Mysteries of Egypt and Greece to the development of Christian art, she offers insights to the myths and legends of female deities and goddesses.
According to Rudolf Steiner, at the time of Jesus's birth humanity had entered a decadent phase of development. Small groups of initiated individuals, however, were preparing for a sacred birth: the descent of a heavenly being into earthly existence. The God of the Old Testament would be revealed `in flesh', born to a virgin mother. In the second part of New Life - Mother and Child, Angela Lord takes us on a journey through two thousand years of Christian art, covering Iconography, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. We see how artistic images of Mary and her Child have changed, why these variations have occurred and how they reflect the changing consciousness of humanity. Finally, the `New Life' painting is considered from the interactive processes of colour and composition, illustrated with a series of artistic colour sequences.
Contents
Foreword - PART ONE - Chapter One: Origins of Humanity - the Esoteric Aspects of Evolution - Chapter Two: The Fall From Paradise and the Genealogy of Jesus - PART TWO - Chapter One: In Ancient Times - Lemuria and Atlantis - Chapter Two: The Many Goddesses - Chapter Three: The Goddess Made Visible - Chapter Four: The Myths and Legends - PART THREE - Chapter One: The Mysteries of Egypt - Isis and Osiris - Chapter Two: The Mysteries of Greece - Artemis - Chapter Three: A New Consciousness - Demeter and Persephone - PART FOUR - Chapter One: Early Christianity and the Arts - Chapter Two: The Icons - PART FIVE - Chapter One: The Middle Ages - Coming Down to Earth - Chapter Two: Development and Diversity - Chapter Three: The Renaissance - I, The Southern Stream - Chapter Four: The Renaissance - II, The Northern Stream - PART SIX - Chapter One: Crisis and Turning Points - Transition and a New Freedom - PART SEVEN - The Calendar of the Soul - PART EIGHT - The Divine Children - PART NINE - Chapter One: Observing the Painting and the Individual Colours - Chapter Two: Incarnat and the Rainbow - PART TEN - Approaches to Painting the Motif - The Colour Sequences and Gestures - Notes - Bibliography
