Theories of Art: 3. from Impressionism to Kandinsky

ISBN-13: 9781138157606 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 400 str.

Moshe Barasch

Opis

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction; I. Impressionism; 1. Introduction: The Crisis of Realism; 2. Aesthetic Culture in the Literature of the Time; 3. Impressionism and the PHilosophical Culture of the Time; 4. Science and Painting; 5. Impressionism: Reflections on Style; 6. The Fragment as Art Form; II. Empathy; 7. Introduction: An Empathy Tradition in the Theory of Art; 8. Gustav Fechner; 9. Charles Darwin: The Science of Expression; 10. Robert Vischer; 11. Empathy: Toward a Definition; 12. Wilhelm Dilthey; 13. Conrad Fiedler; 14. Adolf Hildebrand; 15. Alois Riegl; 16. Wilhelm Worringer: Abstraction and Empathy; III. Discovering the Primitive; 17. Introduction: Conditions of Modern Primitivism; 18. The Beginnings of Scholarly Study: Gottfried Semper; 19. Discovering Prehistoric Art; 20. Understanding Distant Cultures: The Case of Egypt; 21. Gauguin; 22. African Art; IV. Abstract Art; 23. Abstract Art: Origins and Sources; 24. The Subject Matter of Abstract Painting; 25. Color; 26. Line; 27. Composition and Harmony; Bibliographical Essay; Name Index; Subject Index

O autorze

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 Language of Art: Studies in Interpretation (1997) and Icon: Studies in the History of an Idea (1995).