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Beauty and Art
Elizabeth Prettejohn
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Description for Beauty and Art
Paperback. What do we mean when we call a work of art beautiful? How do perceptions of beauty change with the passage of time? This title explores these questions, showing the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art. It charts the story of western art, from eighteenth-century Germany to the late 20th century. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, numerous colour and halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 536.
What do we mean when we call a work of art `beautiful`? How have artists responded to changing notions of the beautiful? Which works of art have been called beautiful, and why? Fundamental and intriguing questions to artists and art lovers, but ones that are all too often ignored in discussions of art today. Prettejohn argues that we simply cannot afford to ignore these questions. Charting over two hundred years of western art, she illuminates the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art, from the works of Kauffman to Whistler, Ingres to ... Read more
What do we mean when we call a work of art `beautiful`? How have artists responded to changing notions of the beautiful? Which works of art have been called beautiful, and why? Fundamental and intriguing questions to artists and art lovers, but ones that are all too often ignored in discussions of art today. Prettejohn argues that we simply cannot afford to ignore these questions. Charting over two hundred years of western art, she illuminates the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art, from the works of Kauffman to Whistler, Ingres to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Oxford History of Art
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192801609
SKU
V9780192801609
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About Elizabeth Prettejohn
Elizabeth Prettejohn is Professor of Modern Art at the University of Plymouth.
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