Laocoon: An Essay Upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry
Author:   Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ,  Ellen Frothingham
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
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9780486443874


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   04 November 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Laocoon: An Essay Upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry


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Originally published in 1766, Lessing's seminal tract is a turning point in the study of Western art. In this essay on the origins, forms, and influences of painting and poetry, Lessing helped frame modern conceptions of the artistic medium, and founded our modernist assumptions of the uniqueness of the individual arts.

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Author:   Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ,  Ellen Frothingham
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:   Dover Publications Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9780486443874


ISBN 10:   0486443876
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   04 November 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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