Title & Author:

Art in theory 1815-1900 : an anthology of changing ideas / edited by Charles Harrison, Paul Wood, and Jason Gaiger.

Publication:

Malden, Mass. ; Oxford, U.K. : Blackwell Publishing, 1998.

Description:

xx, 1097 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1067-1080) and index.
Feeling and nature. Originality and genius -- Responses to nature -- The demands of the present. Utility and revolution -- Art and nature moralized -- Systems and techniques -- Independence and individuality -- Modernity and bourgeois life. Modern conditions -- Realism and naturalism -- Morals and standards -- The conditions of art -- Temperments and techniques. Effects and impressions -- Science and method -- Photography as an art -- Aesthetics and historical awareness. Empathy and the problem of form -- The independence of art -- The idea of modern art. Modernist themes: Paris and beyond -- Painting: expression and colour -- Symbolism.

Summary:

"Art in Theory 1815-1900 provides the most wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of documents ever assembled on nineteenth-century theories of art."--Amazon.com.

ISBN:

0631200657 (hardback)
9780631200659 (hardback)
0631200665 (paperback)
9780631200666 (paperback)

Subject:

Art, Modern 19th century Philosophy.
Art 19e siècle Philosophie.
Art, Modern Philosophy.

Added entries:

Harrison, Charles, 1942-2009.
Wood, Paul.
Gaiger, Jason.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191593
Call No.: ID N6450.A779; ID:97-B2575
Status: Available