The True Vine: On Visual Representation and the Western Tradition - Couverture rigide

Bann, Stephen

 
9780521341448: The True Vine: On Visual Representation and the Western Tradition
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521341442 ISBN 13 : 9780521341448
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1989

Synopsis

This highly unconventional study exceeds the conventional demarcations between history and criticism in order to provide a survey of some of the crucial themes of Western art. It focuses on three main issues; the use of grapes as a pictorial motif, the recurrent myth of self-reflection typified by the story of Narcissus, and the notion of historical sequence as it is found in the medieval legend of the True Cross. The author breaks free from chronological constraints to emphasise the interconnections between representational forms from the High Middle Ages to the present day. The purpose of the book, which contains discussions of Piero della Francesca, Caravaggio, Poussin, and Cezanne, among others, is to bring out the reciprocal connections between the art of the past and the art of our own period, and to demonstrate the need for a critical approach that will identify the current features of the Western tradition.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This highly unconventional study exceeds the conventional demarcations between history and criticism in order to provide a survey of some of the crucial themes of Western art. It focuses on three main issues; the use of grapes as a pictorial motif, the recurrent myth of self-reflection typified by the story of Narcissus, and the notion of historical sequence as it is found in the medieval legend of the True Cross. The author breaks free from chronological constraints to emphasise the interconnections between representational forms from the High Middle Ages to the present day. The purpose of the book, which contains discussions of Piero della Francesca, Caravaggio, Poussin, and Cezanne, among others, is to bring out the reciprocal connections between the art of the past and the art of our own period, and to demonstrate the need for a critical approach that will identify the current features of the Western tradition.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1989
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521341442
ISBN 13 
9780521341448
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
302
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
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