Overview

Moshe Barasch argues that although art theory may have changed in intellectual outlook and artistic aims during the pre-modern period, the different attitudes and traditions were so intricately interwoven that they could not be separated from one another. He then shows how and why art theory broke into several disciplines in the 18th century.

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Author:   Moshe Barasch
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   Revised edition
Volume:   Vol 1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.810kg
ISBN:  

9780415926256

ISBN 10:   0415926254
Pages:   436
Publication Date:   10 November 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; I. Antiquity; 1. Introduction; 2. The Philosophers; 3. Teachings of the Workshops; 4. The Problem of the Artist; 5. Plotinus; II. The Middle Ages; 1. Iconoclasm; 2. The Early Middle Ages: The West; 3. Workshop Literature; 4. Aesthetic Values in the Late Middle Ages; 5. Scholasticism; III. The Early Renaissance; 1. The Imitation of Nature: A Concept Emerges; 2. Alberti: The Birth of a New Theory of Art; 3. Correct Imitation: Art and Science; 4. Anatomy; 5. Leonardo da Vinci; 6. Durer; 7. Formal Correctness: Perspective; IV. The Artist and the Medium: Some Facets of the High Renaissance; 1. Paragone; 2. Rise of the Creative Artist; 3. Michelangelo; V. The Late Renaissance; 1. New Authors and New Readers; 2. Florence and Rome; 3. Venice; 4. Northern Italy; 5. Rebelling Against the Rules: The Last Phase of Renaissance ARt Theory; VI. Classicism and the Academy; 1. Foundations; 2. The Academy in Paris: Rule of Rules; 3. The Crisis of the Academy; Bibliographical Essay; Index

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Author Information

Moshe Barasch is Jack Cotton Professor of Architecture and Fine Arts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and author of numerous books on art, including The Languageof Art: Studies in Interpretation (1997) and Icon:Studies in the History of an Idea (1995).

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