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“Dante and Giotto; A Conversation” An Essay by Albert Steffen
"Flight into Egypt" / Giotto "Dante and Giotto; A Conversation" by Albert Steffen The most wonderful example of how a poet and painter, complementing each other in word and picture, can learn from one another is perhaps that of Dante and Giotto. A meeting between the two, the possibility of which reveals itself to spiritual experience of the Trecento, may provide an illustration. Dante visited Giotto, who was a friend of his, in Padua - in order to see the latter's recently completed frescoes. The painter led the poet from picture to picture. He allowed the sequence of...
Section Presentation at the 2025 Harvard Conference: “100 Years Rudolf Steiner”
Dear Friends: Here is a video recording of the presentation that I gave at the December 2025 "100 Years Rudolf...
Under the Sign of the Mother: “Raphael-Novalis”
Dear Friends, Here is the author-edited video of the Zoom lecture that I delivered to the American Anthroposophical...
The Community Begins: Rudolf Steiner’s “Theosophical” Years, 1900-1914
Dear Friends, In November 2025 the Anthroposophical Society in America hosted three one-hour sessions on the topic The Community Begins: Rudolf...
“The Poet & the Painter” / by Albert Steffen
"The Youthful Poet Dreams" Artwork: William Blake Rainer Maria Rilke / Paul Cézanne Dear Friends, One of the unique aspects of our...
STIL: Goetheanism in Art and Science
A Publication of the Sections for Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and Literary Arts & Humanities (Section for Beautiful Sciences) To subscribe, please visit...
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