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Maurice Denis

Symbolism and Modern Religious Art
being a talk to the Ghilde Nôtre Dame, 1918, published by the Revue des Jeunes.

Maurice Denis: Offering to Calvary, c1890

The Symbolist revolution 
The meaning of Symbolism 
Truth in religious art 
What is to be done?

The full text can be downloaded in Word format here

Homage to Albert Gleizes, Politics and Theology, Poems

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