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Renaissance : Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater (2005, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486440257
ISBN-139780486440255
eBay Product ID (ePID)43832852
Product Key Features
Edition4
Book TitleRenaissance : Studies in Art and Poetry
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCriticism & Theory, General, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Publication Year2005
GenreArt, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorWalter Pater
Book SeriesDover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight7.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-061695
Dewey Edition19
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal700.940
Table Of ContentPreface Two Early French Stories Pico della Mirandola Sandro Botticelli Luca della Robbia The Poetry of Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci The School of Giorgione Joachim du Bellay Winckelmann Conclusion
Edition DescriptionUnabridged edition
SynopsisPater's graceful essays discuss the achievements of Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and other artists. The book concludes with an uncompromising advocacy of hedonism, urging readers to experience life as fully as possible., "The golden book of spirit and sense, the holy writ of beauty." -- Oscar Wilde Published to equal parts scandal and acclaim in 1873, The Renaissance inspired a generation of Oxford undergraduates, who adapted its credo of "arts for art's sake" for their Aesthetic Movement. Combining the skepticism of empirical philosophy, the materialism of 19th-century science, and the determinism of evolutionary theory, this book defies categorization and endures as an innovative example of cultural criticism. An Oxford don who led a quiet scholarly life, Walter Pater was shocked at the reactions his writings provoked. ("I wish they would not call me a hedonist," he remarked, "it gives such a wrong impression to those who do not know Greek.") His essays on the individuals he viewed as embodiments of the Renaissance spirit encompass artists whose careers span the Middle Ages through the 18th century. Pater's elegant, fluid prose examines the works of Pico della Mirandola, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Botticelli, and others. He crowns his compendium of reflections with his notorious Conclusion, in which he asserts that "to burn always with this hard, gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life." One of Victorian England's most talked about books, The Renaissance exerted a crucial influence on the art criticism of the past century, and it remains a work of unusual importance to those interested in art history and English literature., Pater's graceful essays discuss the achievements of Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and other artists. The book concludes with an uncompromising advocacy of hedonism, urging readers to experience life as fully as possible. His cry of "art for art's sake" became the manifesto of the Aesthetic Movement, and his assessments of Renaissance art have influenced generations of readers.
LC Classification NumberNX450.5.P37 2005
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