Modern Theories of Art, 1: From Winckelmann to Baudelaire.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag berieben, leichte Randl�ren, Buchr�cken ausgeblichen, kleiner Fleck auf Fu�chnitt / dust jacket rubbed, light edgewear, spine faded, small stain on bottom edge. - Modern Theories of Art, I: From Winckelmann to Baudelaire is an analytical survey of the thought about painting and sculpture as it unfolded from the early eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centures. This was the period during which theories of the visual arts, particularly of painting and sculpture, underwent a radical transformation, as a result of which the intellectual foundations of our modern views on the arts were formed. These transformations can be understood only when seen in a broad context of cultural, aesthetic, and philosophical developments of the period. In addition to surveying the opinions of the artists, this book therefore treats in some detail the doctrines of philosophers, poets, and critics. Moshe Barasch thus traces the entire development of the foundations of modernism in art and in art theory. The aesthetic and intellectual developments of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that changed our views of the artistic image emphasized some central problems of critical reflection that became the major themes of any thought on art. The artistic symbol, the comprehensive system of the arts, and the relationship of one art with another are discussed in detail. In this survey we see the origins of a new perception of the artist�s position, as well as the rise of new values in art, such as the role of the grotesque and the ugly in art. In his discussion of Baudelaire�s analysis of Goya�s monsters, Barasch concludes that the modern world is reflected in art whose beauty is independent of the beauty of nature. Modern Theories of Art, 1, a sophisticated, yet clearly written and accessible account, is enhanced by the inclusion of thirty-one black and white illustrations. / Contents PREFACE I. THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 2. BEGINNINGS OF THE NEW AGE 3. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF THE VISUAL ARTS 4. THE SYMBOL THE ARTIST BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY NAME INDEX SUBJECT INDEX All illustrations appear as a group following. ISBN 9780814711330