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Beschreibung

At once engaging, personal, and analytical, this book provides the intellectual resources for the critical understanding of art

Charles Harrison's landmark book offers an original, clear, and wide-ranging introduction to the arts of painting and sculpture, to the principal artistic print media, and to the visual arts of modernism and post-modernism. Covering the entire history of art, from Paleolithic cave painting to contemporary art, it provides foundational guidance on the basic character and techniques of the different art forms, on the various genres of painting in the Western tradition, and on the techniques of sculpture as they have been practiced over several millennia and across a wide range of cultures. Throughout the book, Harrison discusses the relative priorities of aesthetic appreciation and historical inquiry, and the importance of combining the two approaches. Written in a style that is at once graceful, engaging, and personal, as well as analytical and exact, this illuminating book offers an impassioned and timely defense of the importance and value of the firsthand encounter with works of art, whether in museums or in their original locations.

At once engaging, personal, and analytical, this book provides the intellectual resources for the critical understanding of art

Charles Harrison's landmark book offers an original, clear, and wide-ranging introduction to the arts of painting and sculpture, to the principal artistic print media, and to the visual arts of modernism and post-modernism. Covering the entire history of art, from Paleolithic cave painting to contemporary art, it provides foundational guidance on the basic character and techniques of the different art forms, on the various genres of painting in the Western tradition, and on the techniques of sculpture as they have been practiced over several millennia and across a wide range of cultures. Throughout the book, Harrison discusses the relative priorities of aesthetic appreciation and historical inquiry, and the importance of combining the two approaches. Written in a style that is at once graceful, engaging, and personal, as well as analytical and exact, this illuminating book offers an impassioned and timely defense of the importance and value of the firsthand encounter with works of art, whether in museums or in their original locations.
Über den Autor

Charles Harrison (1942-2009) was professor emeritus at the Open University and had previously held positions at the University of Chicago, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Getty Research Institute.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allgemeine Kunst
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780300247138
ISBN-10: 0300247133
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Harrison, Charles
Auflage: 2nd edition
Hersteller: Yale University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 253 x 196 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Charles Harrison
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.03.2020
Gewicht: 1,135 kg
Artikel-ID: 117335870

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