Absorption and Theatricality Painting and Beholder in the Age of Diderot image
Absorption and Theatricality Painting and Beholder in the Age of Diderot Fried, Michael Edition: Reprint  Publisher: University of Chicago Press Number of Pages: 268 ISBN10: 0226262138 ISBN13: 9780226262130 Dimensions: 7.00" w x 10.00" l x 0.70" h Weight: 1.25 lbs. Binding: Trade Paper Language: English List Price: 27.50

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With this widely acclaimed work, Fried revised the way in which eighteenth-century French painting and criticism were viewed and understood. "A reinterpretation supported by immense learning and by a series of brilliantly perceptive readings of paintings and criticism alike. . . . An exhilarating book."--John Barrell, London Review of BooksElizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part o...With this widely acclaimed work, Fried revised the way in which eighteenth-century French painting and criticism were viewed and understood. "A reinterpretation supported by immense learning and by a series of brilliantly perceptive readings of paintings and criticism alike. . . . An exhilarating book."--John Barrell, London Review of BooksElizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.Preface List of Illustrations 1. The Primacy of Absorption 2. Toward a Supreme Fiction 3. Painting and Beholder Appendix A: Grimm on Unity, Instantaneousness and Related Topics Appendix B: Two Related Texts: The Lettre sur les spectacles and Die Wahlverwandtschaften Appendix C: David's Homer Drawings of 1794 Notes IndexWith this widely acclaimed work, Michael Fried revised the way in which eighteenth-century French painting and criticism are viewed and understood. Analyzing paintings produced between 1753 and 1781 and the comments of a number of critics who wrote about them, especially Dennis Diderot, Fried discovers a new emphasis in the art of the time, based not on subject matter or style but on values and effects. (more) (less)

Table of Contents

Preface
List of Illustrations
The Primacy of Absorption
Toward a Supreme Fiction
Painting and Beholder
Grimm on Unity, Instantaneousness and Related Topics
Two Related Texts: The Lettre sur les spectacles and Die Wahlverwandtschaften
David'sHomerDrawings of 1794
Notes
Index

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