I. The Early Eighteenth Century; 1. Introduction; 2. The Philosophers; 3. Antiquarians and Connoisseurs; 4. The Artists; II. Beginnings of the New Age; 1. Mengs; 2. Winckelmann; 3. Diderot; 4. Reynolds; III. Unity and Diversity in the Visual Arts; 1. Introduction; 2. Reconstructing the Unity of the Arts; 3. Merging the Arts; IV. The Symbol; 1. Winckelmann; 2. The Science of Mythology; 3. The Symbolic Landscape; 4. Color Symbolism; V. The Artist; 1. Philosophers and Poets; 2. The Painters; 3. Positivism; 4. Facets of Realism; 5. The Great Masters; Bibliographical Essay; Index
Moshe Barasch is Jack Cotton Professor of Architecture and Fine Arts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and author of numerous books on art, including The Languageof Art: Studies in Interpretation (1997) and Icon:Studies in the History of an Idea (1995).