Modern Theories of Art 2 : : From Impressionism to Kandinsky / / Moshe Barasch.

In this volume, the third in his classic series of texts surveying the history of art theory, Moshe Barasch traces the hidden patterns and interlocking themes in the study of art, from Impressionism to Abstract Art. Barasch details the immense social changes in the creation, presentation, and recept...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]
©1998
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Impressionism
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Aesthetic Culture in the Literature of the Time
  • 3. Impressionism and the Philosophical Culture of the Time
  • 4. Science and Painting
  • 5. Impressionism
  • 6. The Fragment as Art Form
  • Part II. Empathy
  • 7. Introduction
  • 8. Gustav Fechner
  • 9. Charles Darwin
  • 10. Robert Vischer
  • 11. Empathy
  • 12. Wilhelm Dilthey
  • 13. Conrad Fiedler
  • 14. Adolf Hildebrand
  • 15. Alois Riegl
  • 16. Wilhelm Worringer
  • Part III. Discovering the Primitive
  • 17. Introduction
  • 18. The Beginnings of Scholarly Study
  • 19. Discovering Prehistoric Art
  • 20. Understanding Distant Cultures
  • 21. Gauguin
  • 22. African Art
  • Part IV. Abstract Art
  • 23. Abstract Art
  • 24. The Subject Matter of Abstract Painting
  • 25. Color
  • 26. Line
  • 27. Composition and Harmony
  • Bibliographical Essay
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index
  • About the Author