Abstract
The article is devoted to the heritage of the philosopher, culturologist, art critic Titus Burkhardt, who is still not well known in Russia. The authors give an overview of the section of one of his leading works "Sacred art of the East and the West. Principles and methods", dedicated to landscape Chinese painting note the accuracy and depth of the analysis conducted by Burkhardt, both artistic expressive means, and the philosophical and metaphysical foundations of Chinese landscape painting, as well as its differences from close European art currents.
References
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- S.H. Nasr. Preface to the collection of works by T. Burkhardt – Titus Burckhardt.The Essential Titus Burckhardt: Reflections on Sacred Art, Faiths, and Civilizations (Bloomington: World Wisdom Inc., 2003. 328 p.). Available at: http://transmission.lenin.ru/Burckhardt-About.html (accessed 01.07.2017).
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