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Sculpture: Some Observations on Shape and Form from Pygmalion's Creative Dream - Couverture rigide

Herder, Johann Gottfried

 
9780226327532: Sculpture: Some Observations on Shape and Form from Pygmalion's Creative Dream
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ISBN 10 : 0226327531 ISBN 13 : 9780226327532
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2002

Synopsis

Long recognized as one of the most important 18th-century works on the aesthetics of the visual arts, Johann Gottfried Herder's "Plastik" ("Sculpture", 1778) has never before appeared in a complete English translation. In this landmark essay, Herder combines rationalist and empiricist thought with a wide range of sources - from the classics to Norse legend, Shakespeare to the Bible - to illuminate the ways we experience sculpture. Standing on the fault line between classicism and romanticism, Herder draws most of his examples from classical sculpture, while nevertheless insisting on the historicity of art and the senses themselves. Through a detailed analysis of the differences between painting and sculpture, he develops a powerful critique of the dominance of vision both in the appreciation of art and in our everyday apprehension of the world around us. Jason Gaigers translation of "Sculpture" includes an extensive introduction to Herder's thought and illustrations of all the sculptures discussed in the text.

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À propos de l'auteur

Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) was a leading figure of the Sturm und Drang literary movement in Germany and an innovator in the philosophy of history and culture. His many other books include Treatise on the Origin of Language, Yet Another Philosophy of History for the Education of Humanity, and On Knowledge and Sensation in the Human Soul. Jason Gaiger is Lecturer in the Department of Art History at the Open University. He has published widely in the field of art history and aesthetics and is is coeditor of Art in Theory 1815-1900 and Art in Theory 1648-1815.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226327531
ISBN 13 
9780226327532
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
141
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