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Art in theory, 1648-1815 : an anthology of changing ideas

Title
Art in theory, 1648-1815 : an anthology of changing ideas / edited by Charles Harrison, Paul Wood, and Jason Gaiger.
Publication
Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Harrison, Charles, 1942-2009.
  • Wood, Paul.
  • Gaiger, Jason.
Description
xxii, 1,220 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of documents on the theory of art from the founding of the French Academy until the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Early works.
Note
  • Also has imprint: Malden, MA ; Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 1180-1193) and index.
Contents
I. Establishing the place of art. Ancients and Moderns ; The academy : Systems and principles ; Form and colour ; The 'je ne sais quoi' ; Practical resources -- II. The profession of art. Painting as liberal art ; Imagination and understanding -- III. Judgement and the public sphere. Classical and contemporary ; Aesthetics and the sublime ; The practice of criticism -- IV. A public discourse. Consolidation and instruction ; Revolution -- V. Nature and human nature. The human as subject ; Landscape and the picturesque -- VI. Romanticism. Romantic aesthetics ; Painting and fiction -- VII. Observation and tradition. Objects of study ; The continuity of symbols.
Call Number
3-MAL 01-9785
ISBN
  • 0631200630
  • 9780631200635
  • 0631200649
  • 9780631200642
LCCN
  • 00034312
  • 1701425
OCLC
44084092
Title
Art in theory, 1648-1815 : an anthology of changing ideas / edited by Charles Harrison, Paul Wood, and Jason Gaiger.
Imprint
Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1180-1193) and index.
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Chronological Term
1600-1899
Added Author
Harrison, Charles, 1942-2009.
Wood, Paul.
Gaiger, Jason.
Other Standard Identifier
1701425
Research Call Number
3-MAL 01-9785
*R-ART N6420 .A78 2000
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