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Art theory : an historical introduction / Robert Williams.

By: Publication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2004.Description: xiv, 310 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1405107065 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1405107073 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709 22
LOC classification:
  • N5300 .W647 2004
Contents:
Ch. 1: Antiquity and the Middle Ages: The Shield of Achilles -- Imitation and Knowledge -- Beauty -- Rhetoric -- Word and World. Ch. 2: The Early Modern Period: Craftsmen and Theorists -- Humanism -- The Academic System. Ch. 3: The Enlightenment: The Eighteenth Century -- Radical Idealism. Ch. 4: The Nineteenth Century: The Crisis of the Academy -- Impressionism -- "Absolute Art Exists at Last" -- Ruskin and the Esthetes. Ch. 5: The Early Twentieth Century: Beyond Nature -- Beyond Reason -- American Modern. Ch. 6: Postmodernism: The Critique of Culture -- The Phenomenology of Signs -- Future Present. Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks N5300 .W647 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000723014

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-294) and index.

Ch. 1: Antiquity and the Middle Ages: The Shield of Achilles -- Imitation and Knowledge -- Beauty -- Rhetoric -- Word and World. Ch. 2: The Early Modern Period: Craftsmen and Theorists -- Humanism -- The Academic System. Ch. 3: The Enlightenment: The Eighteenth Century -- Radical Idealism. Ch. 4: The Nineteenth Century: The Crisis of the Academy -- Impressionism -- "Absolute Art Exists at Last" -- Ruskin and the Esthetes. Ch. 5: The Early Twentieth Century: Beyond Nature -- Beyond Reason -- American Modern. Ch. 6: Postmodernism: The Critique of Culture -- The Phenomenology of Signs -- Future Present. Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading.

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