By Rudolf Steiner

Building on the achievements of Goethe in his Theory of Colour, Rudolf Steiner shows how colour has an objectively moral affect on the feeling life, and even the health and well-being, of the observer. Distinguishing between “image” and “lustre” colours, Steiner lays the foundation, out of his spiritual-scientific research, for a practical technique for working with colour that leads to a new direction in artistic creativity. This book is an invaluable source of reference and study not only for artists and therapists but for anyone interested in gaining a appreciation of art as a revelation of spiritual realities.

By Rudolf Steiner

This book introduces a new way of thinking about, looking at, and creating art.

Steiner demonstrates that our individual creative activity is not solely a personal affair. Our creations do not originate out of nowhere, nor solely out of ourselves, but from an objective world of spirit with which we are intimately related in the depths of our being. He shows that our creations have significance beyond ourselves and beyond the recognition they receive: works of art are vehicles of spiritual qualities. In bringing these spiritual qualities into the sphere of human life, the artist becomes responsible for the spiritual effects the work of art has on the artist, other people, and ultimately on human evolution.