Art in theory 1648-1815 : an anthology of changing ideas /
edited by Charles Harrison, Paul Wood, and Jason Gaiger.
- Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
- xxii, 1220 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [1180]-1193) and index.
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.
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.
0631200630 (alk. paper) 9780631200635 (alk. paper) 0631200649 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780631200642 (pbk. : alk. paper)
00034312
GBA1-52534
Art, Modern--Philosophy.--17th century
Art, Modern--Philosophy.--18th century
Art, Modern--Philosophy.--19th century
Art--Early works to 1800.
N6420 / .A78 2000
709/.03/2
Includes bibliographical references (p. [1180]-1193) and index.
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.
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.
0631200630 (alk. paper) 9780631200635 (alk. paper) 0631200649 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780631200642 (pbk. : alk. paper)
00034312
GBA1-52534
Art, Modern--Philosophy.--17th century
Art, Modern--Philosophy.--18th century
Art, Modern--Philosophy.--19th century
Art--Early works to 1800.
N6420 / .A78 2000
709/.03/2