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    Art in theory 1648-1815 : an anthology of changing ideas / edited by Charles Harrison, Paul Wood, and Jason Gaiger.

    Contributor(s): Harrison, Charles, 1942-2009 | Wood, Paul | Gaiger, JasonMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2000Description: xxii, 1220 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0631200630 (alk. paper); 9780631200635 (alk. paper); 0631200649 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780631200642 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Art, Modern -- 17th century -- Philosophy | Art, Modern -- 18th century -- Philosophy | Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Philosophy | Art -- Early works to 1800DDC classification: 709/.03/2 LOC classification: N6420 | .A78 2000Online resources: Table of contents
    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.
    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.
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    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.

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