Social History of Art, Volume 2: Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque

ISBN-13: 9780415199469 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 320 str.

Arnold Hauser

Opis

First published in 1951, Arnold Hausers work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its origins in the Stone Age through to the Film Age. This edition includes an introduction to the work of Arnold Hauser. In his introduction to the four volumes of The Social History of Art, Jonathan Harris demonstrates the importance of the work for contemporary art history and visual culture and suggests reasons and strategies for reading. In addition, an introduction to each individual volume provides a synopsis of Hausers narrative and serves as a critical guide to the text and signposts major themes, trends and arguments.

Recenzje

'Arnold Hauser's Social History of Art - a very important and under-appreciated text.' - Whitney Davis, John Evans Professor of Art History, Northwestern University

'It is no exaggeration to say that more than any other work Hauser's four volumes inspired my interest in art history.' - Alan Wallach, Ralph H Wark Professor of Art History, College of William and Mary

'This work has great value in a contemporary context. I look forward to seeing what Jonathan has done with the introduction, but I cannot think of anyone better suited to the task.' - Johanna Drucker, Professor of Art History, Yale University

Hauser's extraordinary energy and subtlety wave a brilliant synthesis of the interaction between the aesthetic and societal, giving us at one and the same time a wealth of artistic detail and a consistent and fully elaborated exposition of the social process. - Albert Boime, UCLA, author of The Social History of Modern Art, 1750-1989

O autorze

Arnold Hauser