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Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Will works of the imagination ever regain the power they once had to challenge and mould society and the individual? This was the question posed by Edgar Wind's influential Reith Lectures delivered in 1960 and later expanded into his book Art and Anarchy. The book examines the various forces that have fashioned the modern view of the art, from mechanization and fear of intellect to connoisseurship and--perhaps the fundamental weakness of our age--the dispassionate acceptance of art. In the course of his discussion, Wind surveyed a wide range of topics in the history of painting, literature, music, and the plastic ... Read more
Will works of the imagination ever regain the power they once had to challenge and mould society and the individual? This was the question posed by Edgar Wind's influential Reith Lectures delivered in 1960 and later expanded into his book Art and Anarchy. The book examines the various forces that have fashioned the modern view of the art, from mechanization and fear of intellect to connoisseurship and--perhaps the fundamental weakness of our age--the dispassionate acceptance of art. In the course of his discussion, Wind surveyed a wide range of topics in the history of painting, literature, music, and the plastic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810106628
SKU
V9780810106628
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About Edgar Wind
Edgar Wind was born in Berlin, Germany. He was the first professor of art history at Oxford. John Bayley is a Warton Professor of English at Oxford.
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