Spirit and Art Ivan Lindsay this book presents the startling

this book presents the startling thesis that things of beauty are not only unrelated to art but often responsible for pornography

industrial heritage and environmental issues

higher rates of smoking and alcohol and drug use

and unpedantic throughout

Spirit and Art Ivan Lindsay this book presents the startling"As an art student in the late sixties, I recall how painfully dry and intellectual my art history classes were. I thought to myself, or rather felt to myself, There must be something more" (Van James). Artist Van James offers that something more. This is a richly readable and lavishly illustrated text that reveals how, at every stage, human consciousness has evolved through the medium of art. It makes the case for a hidden stream that has put forth