Discourses on Art: New edition - Brossura

Reynolds, Joshua; Paul Mellon Centre For Studies In British Art

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ISBN 10: 0300073275 ISBN 13: 9780300073270

Casa editrice: Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies, 1997

Riassunto

The Discourses on Art of Sir Joshua Reynolds form one of the most eloquent literary documents in the history of European art. Composed as lectures to the students at the Royal Academy in the late eighteenth century, they both summarize the art theory of the previous three hundred years and point towards attitudes prevalent in the nineteenth century. Reynolds' general topic is the education of the artist. He is concerned with the essentials of the problem: the purpose of art, the nature of the creative process, and the artist's relation to tradition. He treats these questions with a breadth and clarity that won the immediate admiration of his contemporaries and have continued to hold the attention of readers ever since. No other body of art criticism by an Englishman has enjoyed such sustained respect.
This standard edition of the Discourses is now reissued in a new format and with improved illustrations. It has long been recognized as a fundamental text for the study of eighteenth-century English painting, and this edition is generally considered to be the definitive one.

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Product Description:

This standard edition of the "Discourses on art" delivered by Sir Joshua Reynolds is now reissued in a new format and with revised illustrations. It has long been recognized as an important text for the study of 18th-century English painting.

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• Editore: Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0300073275
• ISBN 13: 9780300073270
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 349
• Redattore: Wark Robert R.