Download or read book Aesthetics and the Divine written by Shimon Dovid Cowen and published by . This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rabbi Dr Shimon Cowen has assembled this title as the basis of a course on Judaism and aesthetics. It encompasses both pieces addressing the theory of this subject as well as analysis of examples of the work of major Australian Jewish artists - in painting (Victor Majzner), writing (Richard Freadman) and music (Felix Werder). He also has a segment addressed to practical issues of the pedagogy, the teaching and encouragement of the arts, informed by traditional Judaism.