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The Understanding of Ornament in the Italian Renaissance (Hardcover) Loot Price: R7,205
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The Understanding of Ornament in the Italian Renaissance (Hardcover): Clare Lapraik Guest

The Understanding of Ornament in the Italian Renaissance (Hardcover)

Clare Lapraik Guest

Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History / Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History, 245/10

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In this paradigm shifting study, developed through close textual readings and sensitive analysis of artworks, Clare Lapraik Guest re-evaluates the central role of ornament in pre-modern art and literature. Moving from art and thought in antiquity to the Italian Renaissance, she examines the understandings of ornament arising from the Platonic, Aristotelian and Sophistic traditions, and the tensions which emerged from these varied meanings. The book views the Renaissance as a decisive point in the story of ornament, when its subsequent identification with style and historicism are established. It asserts ornament as a fundamental, not an accessory element in art and presents its restoration to theoretical dignity as essential to historical scholarship and aesthetic reflection.

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Imprint: Brill
Country of origin: Netherlands
Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History / Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History, 245/10
Release date: November 2015
Authors: Clare Lapraik Guest
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 692
ISBN-13: 978-90-04-29796-8
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art
Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1400 to 1600 > Renaissance art > General
Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
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LSN: 90-04-29796-0
Barcode: 9789004297968

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