Modern Theories of Art : from Winckelmann to Baudelaire. 1

an Analytical Survey Of The Thought About Painting And Sculpture As It Unfolded From The Early 18th- To The Mid-19th Centuries. This Was The Period During Which The Intellectual Foundations Of Our Modern Views On The Arts Was Formed. Barasch Traces For The Reader The Entire Development Of Modernism In Art And Art Theory. *lightning Print On Demand Title booknews an Analytical Survey Of Thought About Painting And Sculpture From The Early 18th To The Mid 19th Centuries. Barasch (art History, Hebrew University, Jerusalem) Considers The Doctrines Of Philosophers, Poets, And Critics As Well As Of Artists. Includes 31 B&w Illustrations. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com) Annotation This is an analytical survey of the thought about painting and sculpture as it unfolded from the early eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries. This was the period during which theories of the visual arts, particularly of painting and sculpture, underwent a radical transformation, as a result of which the intellectual foundations of our modern views on the arts were formed. Because this transformation can only be understood when seen in a broad context of cultural, aesthetic, and philosophical developments of the period, Moshe Barasch surveys the opinions of the artists, and also treats in some detail the doctrines of philosophers, poets, and critics. Barasch thus traces for the reader the entire development of modernism in art and art theory A survey of the thought about painting and sculpture from the early 18th to the mid-19th centuries. Barasch studies the opinions of the artists and treats the doctrines of philosophers, poets and critics of this period, thus tracing the development of modernism in art and art theory.