Contemplative Beholding
A Way of Life and Love
Published on 31. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
488 pages
978-1-58420-901-0 (ISBN)
Description
Joel Upton isn't interested in presenting a theory or argument. Instead, he invites readers to accompany him on a journey of encounter, engagement and reflection.
On this path readers will find ways to focus, intensify and deepen a shared capacity for contemplative beholding (the act of being still and quiet) not only with works of art, but as a way of life. There is also a companion website where readers will find examples of painting, sculpture and architecture which offer opportunities for practising beholding.
This book will help readers to experience a transformation in the way they behold art and see themselves in it. The result is a process of change, growth and transformation and ultimately one of renewal.
On this path readers will find ways to focus, intensify and deepen a shared capacity for contemplative beholding (the act of being still and quiet) not only with works of art, but as a way of life. There is also a companion website where readers will find examples of painting, sculpture and architecture which offer opportunities for practising beholding.
This book will help readers to experience a transformation in the way they behold art and see themselves in it. The result is a process of change, growth and transformation and ultimately one of renewal.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Great Barringron
United States
Publishing group
SteinerBooks, Inc
Illustrations
2 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 230 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
1060 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58420-901-0 (9781584209010)
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Persons
Joel M Upton has a BA in American Studies from Rutgers University, New Jersey and a PhD from Bryn Mawr College. Pennsylvania. He has over forty years' experience as an art history teacher at Amherst College. Now retired, he lives in Massachusetts, USA. Dr Arthur Zajonc is the Andrew Mellon professor of physics and interdisciplinary studies at Amherst College and is currently the director of the Academic Program of the Center for Contemplative Mind, an organization of 1500 academics supporting the appropriate inclusion of contemplative practice in higher education. Dr Zajonc is the former General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in America. He is the author of Catching the Light, coauthor of The Quantum Challenge, and coeditor of Goethe's Way of Science.