Aelzina BooksThe Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner: Volume 271
Kunst und Kunsterkenntnis. Grundlagen einer neuen Ästhetik.
Art and Knowledge of Art. Foundations of a New Aesthetic
Section of the Complete Works: Lectures on Art
First German Edition published 1941.
Notes about the German versions of this volume:
1st edition 1941. 2nd expanded edition 1961. 3rd, further expanded edition 1985. First lecture is based on Steiner's own write-up. The second lecture was edited by Steiner for a pamphlet published 1910. Lectures 3-6 were heavily edited by Marie Steiner from very fragmentary notes. Lecture 7 is also based on incomplte listener notes by an unknown participant. Lecture 8 and 9 were professionally stenographically recorded by Helene Finckh.
Lectures in this volume: 9
1888-11-09 Vienna
1909-10-28 Berlin
1918-02-15 Munich
1918-02-17 Munich
1918-05-05 Munich
1918-05-06 Munich
1918-06-01 Vienna
1920-09-12 Dornach
1921-04-09 Dornach
English Complete Works Version: This volume has yet to be published in a Complete Works edition.
English Non-Complete Works Full Versions: No English translations exist that included this volume in its entirety.
Other English publishing history: Sections available
Sections of this German volume may have been published in English, either as stand-alone books, one-lecture pamphlets, or as part of a compilation. If there are any volumes listed below, then they have some percentage of this Complete Works volume in them. The amount could be as little as a part of one lecture (in a compilation), a single lecture or essay as a pamphlet. Or it could be a book that contains as much as 90% of the material in the source Complete Works German volume.
The Nature and Origin of the Arts
Pamphlet, 21 pages. Published 1992 by Mercury Press.
Notes on this edition:
Art in the Light of Mystery Wisdom
Lecture of 9/12/1920
Hard Cover, 200 pages. Published 1935 by Collison.
Notes on this edition: Collection with introduction by Marie Steiner. Republished in new translation by J. Collis 1970 Lectures from GA 220, 222, 271, 275 and 283
The Nature and Origin of the Arts
Pamphlet, 21 pages. Published 1920 by Rudolf Steiner Publishing Co..
Notes on this edition: Lecture of 28 October, 1909. Edited by H. Collison. Author's name is spelled "Rudolph" on this edition.