"Sculpture was not one of the major arts, not even a fine art, to the Chinese. By an act of rare modesty the Far East …"

"Meanwhile another influence was entering China, in the form of Buddhist theology and art. It made a home for itself f…"

"One of the best of the Chinese Buddhist shrines is the Temple of the Sleeping Buddha, near the Summer Palace outside …"

"As Christianity transformed Mediterranean culture and art in the third and fourth centuries after Christ, so Buddhism…"

"The Party has accepted that it cannot eliminate Feng Shui; instead, it has placed itself as the ultimate authority on…"

"Old Testament criticism was never bound by the same rules and prejudices as the study of China or of India, and vice …"

"...the anachronistic conception that Greece and Rome alone should be considered sources of culture for us, and that t…"

"Whether or not the artistic quality of the bullfight outweighs the moral question of the animals’ suffering is someth…"

"There is an image I will never lose, much as I wish I could. It is of a man standing with half his face held in his r…"

"The crowd are on their feet, stamping and cheering, but El Cid just stands and stares at the bull in grave silence, h…"