Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations viii
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Events in the Life of Dane Rudhyar xvii
7. Introduction 1
8. Part 1 Autumnal Decay: Seed Ideas
9. Chapter One. Earliest Influences 13
10. Chapter Two. Aesthetic Origins 27
11. Chapter Three. Approaches to Contemporary Aesthetics 44
12. Part 2 Wholeness: The Scope of the Orient
13. Chapter Four. Philosophical and Psychological Outlook 67
14. Chapter Five. Aesthetic Principles 95
15. Chapter Six. Toward Artistic Practice 118
16. Part 3 Rawness and Vigor, Innocence and Experience: An American Synthesis
17. Chapter Seven. Beginnings and Branchings 135
18. Chapter Eight. Adaptation 150
19. Chapter Nine. New World 160
20. Epilogue 199
21. Notes 205
22. Abbreviations 241
23. Bibliography 243
24. Index 261