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Principles of Art History
Heinrich Wolfflin
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Description for Principles of Art History
Paperback. Features a crystalline fresh translation of art works - published on its one-hundredth anniversary. In this volume the introductory essays provides a historical framework and referencing debates engendered by principles in the twentieth century. It also includes translations of the prefaces and afterword. Num Pages: 368 pages, 122 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 182 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1012.
This book features a crystalline new translation of one of art history's most influential works-published on its one-hundredth anniversary. Principles of Art History by Heinrich Wolfflin (1864-1945), a revolutionary attempt to construct a science of art through the study of the development of style, has been a foundational work of formalist art history since it was first published in 1915. At once systematic and subjective, and remarkable for its compelling descriptions of works of art, Wolfflin's text has endured as an accessible yet rigorous approach to the study of style. Although Wolfflin applied his analysis to objects of early modern ... Read more
This book features a crystalline new translation of one of art history's most influential works-published on its one-hundredth anniversary. Principles of Art History by Heinrich Wolfflin (1864-1945), a revolutionary attempt to construct a science of art through the study of the development of style, has been a foundational work of formalist art history since it was first published in 1915. At once systematic and subjective, and remarkable for its compelling descriptions of works of art, Wolfflin's text has endured as an accessible yet rigorous approach to the study of style. Although Wolfflin applied his analysis to objects of early modern ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606064528
SKU
V9781606064528
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About Heinrich Wolfflin
JONATHAN BLOWER is a translator and architectural historian based in London. EVONNE LEVY is professor of art history at the University of Toronto. TRISTAN WEDDIGEN is professor of the history of early modern art at Universitat Zurich.
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