Beauty and art, 1750-2000 / Elizabeth Prettejohn.
What do we mean when we call a work of art ̀beautiful̀? How do perceptions of beauty change with the passage of time? Elizabeth Prettejohn explores these crucial questions, showing the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art. She charts the story of wester...
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| Other title: | Beauty & art. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Oxford history of art.
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| Summary: | What do we mean when we call a work of art ̀beautiful̀? How do perceptions of beauty change with the passage of time? Elizabeth Prettejohn explores these crucial questions, showing the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art. She charts the story of western art, from eighteenth-century Germany to the late 20th century, from Kauffman to Whistler, Ingres to Rossetti, C--eacute--;zanne to Jackson Pollock. - ;What do we mean when we call a work of art ̀beautiful̀? How have artists responded to changing notions of the beautiful? Which works of art have be. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191516511 0191516511 9780192801609 0192801600 9781429468695 1429468696 9786610761241 6610761248 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |