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Key Writers on Art: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

By Chris Murray

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
ISBN
9780203627198, 9780415319768, 0415319765, 0415319773, 9780415319775, 0203627199
Open Library ID
OL22739486M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1531057 bytes)
Series
Routledge Key Guides
Pages
361\361
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-11-21 21:13:21

Description

A unique and authoritative guide written by an international panel of experts on art, art theory and art criticism. Key Writers on Art: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century traces the evolution of art from Ancient Greece to the end of the Victorian era. Arranged chronologically, the more than forty entries analyze the key ideas of key philosophers, historians, art historians, art critics, artist and social scientists, including Plato, Aquinas, Alberti, Michelangelo, de Piles, Burke, Kant, Marx, Tolstoy, Nietzsche, Ruskin, Wolfflin and Riegl. Each entry includes a critical essay, a short biography and a bibliography listing both primary and secondary texts.

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