Jacques Maritain Center
Art and Scholasticism
by Jacques Maritain
Translated by Joseph W. Evans
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Translator's Note
This new translation of Art and Scholasticism was undertaken
at Professor Maritain's suggestion, and is made from
the third and final edition (1935) of Art et Scolastique. The
"The Frontiers of Poetry" essay, which was added as a supplement
in the second edition (1927), is again included
in the 1930 translation, but it is now given, as Professor
Maritain desired, equal prominence with "Art and Scholasticism";
it is translated from the revised version presented
in Frontières de la poésie et autres essais (1935). The
"Appendices" have had restored to them here their original status
as addenda to "Art and Scholasticism"; two of them -- "The
'Triomphe de Saint Thomas' at the Theatre" and "Apropos
an Article by Montgomery Belgion"--are new to this edition.
Finally, the "Notes" contain some minor revisions and a considerable
number of additions.
I wish to thank Professor Maritain for the privilege of
translating this work. Also, I am grateful to Professor Wilfred
Quinn for reading the manuscript and making a number of
suggestions, and for checking some of the bibliographical
detail.
Joseph W. Evans
Notre Dame, Indiana
Illustrations: details from St
Luke Painting the Virgin and Child by Roger Van der Weyden.
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