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Abstraction and the Classical Ideal
Charles Cramer
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Hardback. Series: Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 223 x 14. Weight in Grams: 871.
This study traces an important but largely overlooked conception of abstraction in art form from its roots in eighteenth-century empirical epistemology to its application in the pursuit of ideal form from Joshua Reynolds to Piet Mondrian. Theorized by Enlightenment philosophy as a means of discovering ideal essence by purging natural form of its accidental and contingent qualities, abstraction was a major focus of philosophical, scientific, and aesthetic discourse for more than one hundred fifty years, serving as the nucleus of fundamental debates about the philosophy of mind, the relationship between the Ancients and the Moderns, the nature of human racial ... Read more
This study traces an important but largely overlooked conception of abstraction in art form from its roots in eighteenth-century empirical epistemology to its application in the pursuit of ideal form from Joshua Reynolds to Piet Mondrian. Theorized by Enlightenment philosophy as a means of discovering ideal essence by purging natural form of its accidental and contingent qualities, abstraction was a major focus of philosophical, scientific, and aesthetic discourse for more than one hundred fifty years, serving as the nucleus of fundamental debates about the philosophy of mind, the relationship between the Ancients and the Moderns, the nature of human racial ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611492873
SKU
V9781611492873
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About Charles Cramer
Charles A. Cramer is associate professor of art history at Suffolk University
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